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In early modern times (1600\u20121868), the predominant martial art was kenjutsu<\/em>. There were three main lineages, each of which originated with the respective master swordsman Aisu Ik\u014d, Iizasa Ch\u014disai, and Ch\u016bj\u014d Hy\u014dgo-no-Kami, around the end of the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Kage-ry\u016b was founded by Aisu Ik\u014d. Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami studied the Kage-ry\u016b, and then created the Shinkage-ry\u016b or “New” Kage-ry\u016b. The Yagy\u016b family inherited the Kage-ry\u016b when Yagy\u016b Muneyoshi, who had challenged and been defeated by Kamiizumi, started to study the tradition. It is generally referred to as the Yagy\u016b Shinkage-ry\u016b or the Shinkage Yagy\u016b-ry\u016b, but the official name is simply Shinkage-ry\u016b. The fifth son of Muneyoshi, Yagy\u016b Munenori, became the head of the school in Edo. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 1594, Muneyoshi demonstrated his techniques at the request of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu realised the unification of the whole country and started the Edo Bakufu in 1603, and is thus a very important figure in the Japanese history. It is said that Muneyoshi fought against Ieyasu who was using a wooden sword. Ieyasu was in admiration of the secret technique of the Shinkage-ry\u016b called the “mut\u014d<\/em>–dori<\/em>” (taking the sword of the opponent), and asked Muneyoshi to accept him as his disciple. However, Muneyoshi refused, saying that he was too old, and proposed that his son Munenori become instructor to the Shogun instead. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Munenori became an important officer of the shogunate, and eventually reached the level of daimy\u014d<\/em> (lord). It could be said that Yagy\u016b were the most successful fencing dynasty of the time. The lineage of Aisu Ik\u014dsai’s Kage-ry\u016b, Kamiizumi Ise-no-kami’s Shinkage-ry\u016b, and Yagy\u016b Muneyoshi and Munenori’s Yagy\u016b Shinkage-ry\u016b developed a special place within the political environment, and was the most prominent of the three.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Iizasa Ch\u014disai was the founder of the Shint\u014d-ry\u016b, which has a deep connection with the Katori Shrine. There was also another tradition called “Kashima-no-Tachi” that developed in the Kashima Shrine in ancient times. Priests in Kashima studied and transmitted the Kashima-no-Tachi, under different names according to the period, either as Kashima J\u014dko-ry\u016b or Kashima Ch\u016bko-ry\u016b. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The famous master Tsukahara Bokuden was born in the Yoshikawa family who were custodians of the Kashima shrine. Bokuden was raised there and studied the Kashima-no-Tachi. As the second son of the family, he was soon adopted by the Tsukahara family, and learnt the Shint\u014d-ry\u016b from his foster father. He then created a new ry\u016bha<\/em> by mixing the Shint\u014d-ry\u016b with the techniques transmitted in Kashima. This ry\u016bha<\/em> was called the Shint\u014d-ry\u016b but used different Chinese characters. Tsukahara Bokuden’s Shint\u014d-ry\u016b developed a strong connection with Shintoism in a highly religious environment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \nCh\u016bj\u014d Hy\u014dgo-no-Kami Nagahide founded the Ch\u016bj\u014d-ry\u016b. It\u014d Itt\u014dsai inherited the tradition and established the Itt\u014d-ry\u016b. Among the Itt\u014dsai’s students was Mikogami Tenzen Tadaaki who later changed his name to Ono Jir\u014demon Tadaaki and succeeded his master as the head of the Itt\u014d-ry\u016b. The Ono-ha Itt\u014d-ry\u016b became a school adopted by the shogunate alongside the Shinkage-ry\u016b. Ono Tadaaki did not reach the same position in the administration as Yagy\u016b Munenori did, but the Itt\u014d-ry\u016b flourished considerably throughout the Edo period. This lineage starting with Ch\u016bj\u014d Hy\u014dgo-no-Kami’s Ch\u016bj\u014d-ry\u016b, It\u014d Itt\u014dsai’s Itt\u014d-ry\u016b and finally the Ono-ha Itt\u014d-ry\u016b, was not only one of the three big traditions that burgeoned during the early modern times, but also had the most influence on the techniques now seen in modern kendo.<\/p>\n In early modern times (1600\u20121868), the predominant martial art was kenjutsu. 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