Hozoin In'ei

Japanese: 宝蔵院胤栄 - ほうぞういん・いんえい

Year of death: August 26, 1607 (October 16, 1607)
Year of birth: 1521
The founder of Hozo-in spearmanship in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Hoin Inei, head priest of Kofuku-ji Hozo-in. The second son of Mikado Inenaga, a monk of Kofuku-ji, he entered Hozo-in at a young age. A natural lover of martial arts, he learned swordsmanship from Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, spears from Daizendayu Moritada, and the Shinto-ryu style of Katori Iizasa from Onishigi Harumi, and created the cross-shaped sickle spear. The spear was 9 shaku to 1 jo (approximately 2.7 to 3 m) in total length, with a double-edged tip of 6 to 7 sun (approximately 18 to 21 cm), and the sickle was also double-edged with a tip of 4 to 5 sun (approximately 12 to 15 cm), and used a long, sharpened ferrule. This style pursued the advantages of the cross-shaped sickle, and was extremely diverse in both offense and defense, which must have been a groundbreaking innovation at the time. Many talented people came from its disciples, and it became the largest school of spearmanship in the late Edo period. <References> Imamura Yoshio et al., eds., "Nihon Budo Taikei," Vol. 7

(Kenji Matsui)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

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没年：慶長12.8.26(1607.10.16)
生年：大永1(1521)
安土桃山時代の宝蔵院槍術の祖。興福寺宝蔵院主覚禅房法印胤栄。興福寺の衆徒中御門胤永の次男で若年のころ宝蔵院に入る。生来武芸を好み,上泉信綱に剣を,大膳大夫盛忠に槍を,また香取飯篠系の新当流を大西木春見に学び,十文字鎌槍を工夫創始した。槍は全長9尺～1丈(約2.7～3m),穂は両刃で6～7寸(約18～21cm),鎌も両刃で4～5寸(約12～15cm),長くとがった石突を用いた。この流は十文字鎌の利を追求した操法で攻防に極めて多様性があり,当時としては画期的工夫であったであろう。門下に逸材が多く輩出し,江戸後期には槍術最大の流派となった。<参考文献>今村嘉雄他編『日本武道大系』7巻

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