Hokushin Shinoh Ryu Iai-Do

100 FAMOUS SWORDSMEN FROM JAPAN

KAMAKURA TO MURAMACHI (1185 ~ 1595)
1. - CHUJOU HEIGONOSUKE NAGAHIDE (Chu Jou Ryu)
2. - NENNAMI JION (Nen Ryu)
3. - IIZASA IGANOKAMI IENAO (Tenshin Shouden Shindou Ryu)
4. - AIZU IKOUSAI HISATADA (1452 ~ 1538) (Kage Ryu, Enhi Ryu)
GOLDEN AGE OF SWORDSMEN IN JAPAN
5. - KAMI IZUMI ISENO KAMI HIDETSUNA (1508 ~ 1577) (Shinkage Ryu Soke)
6. - HITSUTA BUNGAROU KAGETOMO (Shinkage Ryu)
7. - YAGYU SEKISHUSAI MUNEYOSHI (Shinkage Ryu)
8. - OKUYAMA KYUGASAI KIMISHIGE (1526 ~ 1602)
9. - JINGO IZUNOKAMI MUNEHARU (Shinkage Ryu)
10 - MARUME KURANDONOSUKE NAGAYASU (Taisa Ryu Soke)
11 - TSUKAHARA BOKUDEN TAKAMOTO (Bokuden Ryu Soke)
12 - KUSAFUKA JINSHIRO
13 - MATSUOKA HYOGONOSUKE NORIKATA
14 - MORO-OKA ITSU-BA TSUNENARI
15 - SAITOU-DEN KIBO (1549 ~ 1587) (Ten Ryu, Tendo Ryu Naginata)
16 - MA-KABE ANYA-KEN UJIMOTO
17 - TODAGORO ZAEMON SEIGEN (Tou Gun Ryu)
18 - TODA ECHIGO-NO KAMI SHIGEMASA
19 - KAWASAKI KAGINOSUKE TOKIMORI
20 - ITO ITTO SAI KAGEHISA (Ono Ha Itto Ryu)
21 - HAYASHIZAKI JINSUKE SHIGENOBU (1542) (Iai-Do Founder)
22 - TAMIYA HEIBE-EH SHIGEMASA (Iai-Do monjin)
23 - NAGANO MURAKUSAI KINRO (Iai-Do monjin)
24 - KATAYAMA HOKIKINO KAMI HISAYASU (Katayama Ryu, Hokikino Ryu)
EDO PERIOD (1596)
25 - ONO JIROEMON TADAAKI (Tenjin Shindo Ryu & later became Itto Ryu)
26 - ONO JIRO UEMON TADATSUNE (Itto Ryu monjin)
27 - ITO-TENZEN TADANARI (Itto Ryu monjin)
28 - MIZOGUCHI SHIN-GOZAEMON MASAKATSU (Itto Ryu monjin)
29 - KOTO-DAKAGE YUZAEMON TOSHINAO (Itto Ryu monjin)
30 - YAGYU TAJIMANOKAMI MUNENORI (Yagyu Ryu)
31 - YAGYU HIDANOKAMI MUNEFUYU (Yagyu Ryu)
32 - YAGYU JYUBE MITSUYOSHI (Yagyu Ryu)
33 - YAGYU HYOGONOSUKE TOSHIYOSHI (Owari Yagyu)
34 - YAGYU RENYASAI TOSHIKANE (Owari Yagyu)
35 - NABESHIMA KIINOKAMI MOTOSHIGE (Owari Yagyu)
36 - NABESHIMA KAGANOKAMI NAOYOSHI (Owari Yagyu)
37 - ARAKI MATAE-EMON YASUKAZU (Owari Yagyu)
38 - SAZAKI KOJIRO GANRYU
39 - YOSHIOKA KENBOU NAOTSUNA
40 - MIYAMOTO MUSASHI GENSHIN (Nitenichi Ryu)
41 - MATSUYAMA MONDO (Hosokawa Han)
42 - FUKAO KAKUMA SHIGEYOSHI (Totori Han)
43 - MATSURAYASHI-HENYASAI (Ito Han)
44 - ABE YORI TOU (Kurota Kei)
45 - TOGO TOUBAE SHIGETAKA (Shigen Ryu)
EARLY EDO PERIOD
46 - TSUJI GETSUTAN SUKESHIGE (Yamaguchi Ryu & later Mugai Ryu)
47 - IBAZE SUIKEN HIDEAKI
48 - MIURA GENSAEMON MASATAME
49 - HARIKETANI SEKIUN (Mushu Shinken)
50 - OGASAHARA-GEN SHINSAI (Shinkage Ryu & later Mushu Shinken)
51 - ODAGIRI ICHIUN
52 - ITORI KEIUN (Ung Kou Ryu)
53 - FUKUI HEIUEMON YOSHIHIRA (Shindo Munen Ryu)
54 - KAWASAKIJIRO DAYU MUNEKATSU (Togun Ryu)
55 - NAGANUMA SHIRO ZAEMON KUNSATO (Choku Shinkage Ryu 2nd Gen.)
56 - YAMADA HEIZAEMON MITSUNORI (Unchu Ryu & Founder Choku Shinkage Ryu)
57 - KAMIYADEN SHISAI NAOMITSU (Chokushin Ryu)
58 - TOGAZAKI KUMATARO TERUYOSHI (Shindo Munen Ryu)
59 - OKADA JUMATSU YOSHITOSHI (Shindo Munen Ryu)
60 - SAITO YAKURO YOSHIMICHI
61 - AKIYAMA YOSUKE MASATAKE
62 - SUZUKI ONOHACHIRO SHIGEAKI
63 - KUSHIFUCHI YAHE NOBUMOTO (Chokushinkage Ryu & Tenshin Seishindo Ryu)
64 - CHOSHOU SHOUBE SATONA (The last Ken-ho of Choku Shinkage Ryu)
65 - HIGUCHI MATASHICHIRO SADATSUGU (Bateinen Ryu)
66 - HORIGUCHI JUROUBAE SADATAKA (Bateinen Ryu)
67 - UMEMOTO HOUSHIN MASATAKE (Houshin Ryu)
68 - HENMI TASHIRO YOSHITOSHI (Kouhara Itto Ryu)
69 - HIRUMA YOHACHI TOSHIYUKI
70 - HIRUMA HANZOU TOSHIMITSU
71 - HIRUMA RYOUHACHI TOSHIHIRO
72 - HIRAYAMA GYOUZOU KOZOU (Shinuki Ryu)
73 - TERADA GOUEMON MUNEARI (Tenshin Itto Ryu)
74 - SHIRAI TOWARU YOSHIKEN (Naigan No Hou)
75 - YODA SHIN HACHIRO
LATE EDO PERIOD (Civil War Period)
76 - CHIBA SHUSAKU NARIMASA (Hokushin Itto Ryu - Soke)
77 - KAIHO HANPEI HOROU (Hokushin Itto Ryu)
78 - MAKINO HIROTO MASAKUNI (Hokushin Itto Ryu)
79 - BUTSU-SHOJI YASUKE TORAMASA (Hokushin Itto Ryu)
80 - HONMA SENGORO OUKYOU (Hokushin Itto Ryu)
81 - AMANO HACHIRO TADAYOSHI (Hokushin Itto Ryu)
82 - OHKAWA HEIBE TERUKATSU (Hokushin Itto Ryu)
83 - UNO KINTARO SHIGETOSHI (Hokushin Itto Ryu)
84 - OKADA SO-UEMON KIRYOU (Ryugou Ryu)
85 - MOMONOI SHUNZOU NAOMASA (Keishin Rishin Ryu)
86 - KONDO ISAMI MASAYOSHI (Tennen Rishin Ryu)
87 - FUJIKAWA YASHIRO UEMON CHIKAYOSHI (Choku Shinkage Ryu)
88 - ODANI SHIMOUSANOKAMI NOBUTOMO (Choku Shinkage Ryu)
89 - SHIMADA TORANOSUKE NAOCHIKA (Choku Shinkage Ryu)
90 - OHO-ISHI SUSUMU TANETSUGU (Kyu-Shu)
91 - KATOU DAHEI HACHIRO SHIGEHIDE (Kyu-Shu)
92 - TSUDA ICHIZAEMON MASAYUKI (Kyu-Shu
93 - TAKEDA FUSEN MOTSUGAI 1795 ~ 1867
94 - INOUE DENPEI (Choku Shinkage Ryu)
95 - MATSUURA SEIZAN (Daimyo) 1795 ~ 1841
96 - IBA HACHIRO 1843 ~ 1869
97 - SAITO KANNOSUKE 1833 ~ 1898
98 - SAKAI RYOUSUKE NARIDAI 1792 ~ 1837
99 - ASARI MATASHICHIRO YOSHINOBU (Itto Ryu)
100 - YAMAOKA TETSUFUNE TAKABU (Hokushin Itto Ryu, Shinkage Ryu monjin)

This information is provided courtesy of Goho Wonho Chong,
Suseki Shihan, Hokushin Shinoh Ryu Heiho Iaido of Nagoya, Japan.

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