<\/p>\n
Shinai-uchikomi kenjutsu<\/em> soon prospered. It became very popular due to the possibility of sparring freely, which instigated the rise of competitiveness in swordsmanship. Also, because of the degree of safety conferred by kend\u014d-gu<\/em>, the ban on long-prohibited tary\u016b-jiai<\/em> (duels between different schools) was lifted, and the desire for competitive exchanges between ry\u016bha<\/em> became greater. As tary\u016b-jiai<\/em> used to be performed with live blades or wooden swords, serious injury or death was commonplace, and the Bakufu forbade it out of concern for reprisals. The ban was lifted during the Tenp\u014d period because of the safety of using shinai<\/em> and protective equipment, and it became more widespread as a result.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From the middle to the end of the Edo period, ry\u016bha<\/em> that excelled in shinai-uchikomi kenjutsu<\/em> were the most prosperous; among them were the Shingy\u014dt\u014d-ry\u016b founded by Iba Zesuiken Hideaki, the Nakanishi-ha Itt\u014d-ry\u016b founded by Nakanishi Ch\u016bta Tanesada, Chiba Sh\u016bsaku Shigemasa’s Hokushin Itt\u014d-ry\u016b, Kogen Itt\u014d-ry\u016b created by Henmi Tashir\u014d Yoshitoshi, Fukui Heiuemon Kahei’s Shint\u014d Munen-ry\u016b, the Jikishinkage-ry\u016b developed by Yamada Heizaemon Mitsunori, and Momonoi Hachir\u014dzaemon Naoyoshi’s Ky\u014dshin Meichi-ry\u016b. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n From 1830 to 1860, many fencing salons opened in Edo. Martial arts, including kenjutsu<\/em>, were originally practised by bushi<\/em> only, but this rule started to weaken in the nineteenth century so that the common classes were also able to participate. Lower-ranked bushi<\/em> with small income, or people not from the warrior class started to learn kenjutsu<\/em>, and then taught it to make a living in what are called “machi<\/em>–d\u014dj\u014d<\/em>” or “town d\u014dj\u014d<\/em>”. In Edo, there were three great machi<\/em>–d\u014dj\u014d<\/em> at the time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chiba Sh\u016bsaku’s Genbukan is said to have had 3,600 disciples, and among them some very famous swordsmen. Chiba Sh\u016bsaku studied the Nakanishi-ha Itt\u014d-ry\u016b and then he created his own style, the Hokushin Itt\u014d-ry\u016b. He was a massive influence in the formation of techniques that are used in modern kendo.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sait\u014d Yakur\u014d’s Renpeikan was also one of the three great dojos. Sait\u014d was a master of the Shint\u014d Munen-ry\u016b, and among his students were men who would become instrumental in the Meiji Restoration, like Takasugi Shinsaku and Katsura Kogor\u014d. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Momonoi Sunz\u014d Naomasa’s Shigakukan was the third significant fencing salon. Momonoi was from the Ky\u014dshin Meichi-ry\u016b. The Genbukan, the Renpeikan and the Shigakukan were thus considered to be the three great fencing salons of Edo. It is said that Chiba Sh\u016bsaku possessed sublime technique, Sait\u014d Yakur\u014d had immense power, and Momonoi Sunz\u014d was extremely elegant. Also the Odani D\u014dj\u014d, run by Odani Seiichir\u014d (who would later become the kenjutsu<\/em> instructor for the K\u014dbusho) from the Jikishinkage-ry\u016b was very famous at the time.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shinai-uchikomi kenjutsu soon prospered. It became very popular due to the possibility of sparring freely, whi… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1111,"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/1111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budo-world.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}