Kage-ryū (Aizu)
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| Traditional Japanese martial art | |
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| Kage-ryū (陰流) |
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| Founder | Aizu Hyūga-no-Kami Iko (c.1452–1538) |
| Date founded | c.1490 |
| Period founded | Sengoku period (mid 1400s–mid 1600s) |
| Current headmaster | None |
| Current headquarters | None |
| Arts taught | |
| Art | Description |
| Kenjutsu | Sword art
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| Descendant schools | |
| Yagyū Shinkage-ryū | |
Kage-ryū (陰流?) is a traditional school (koryū) of swordsmanship (kenjutsu) founded by Aizu Hyūga-no-Kami Iko (c.1452–1538) in c.1490. This school is also sometimes called Aizu Kage-ryū after the name of its founder. The founder was also known as Aizu Ikōsai Hisatada, and his surname is sometimes written as "Aisu" instead of "Aizu."
[edit] Legacy
Aizu had two primary students, his son Aizu Koshichiro, and Kamiizumi Hidetsugu. Kamiizumi Hidetsugu would go on to teach Kage-ryū to his son Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna, a famous swordsman and founder of Shinkage-ryū (新陰流?) (which would be renamed Yagyū Shinkage-ryū by Nobutsuna's equally famous student Yagyū Sekishūsai Muneyoshi.
[edit] Modern practice
Today, the Kage-ryū of Aizu Hyūga-no-Kami Iko exists only through its influence of later schools of swordsmanship, such as Yagyū Shinkage-ryū and Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū, and the many schools that they in turn influenced.
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