, Kagetada by his
nanori. Hikita was a Japanese swordsman during the
Sengoku period
The was the period in History of Japan, Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Kyōtoku incident (1454), Ōnin War (1467), or (1493) are generally chosen as th ...
of the 16th century. Hikita Bungoro was the nephew of the famous swordsman
Kamiizumi Hidetsuna, in which they were both very well versed in the ways of
bujutsu. Another famous swordsman by the name of
Yagyū Muneyoshi (the father of
Yagyū Munenori) had seen the superb skills set by Hidetsuna. Following this
Hōzōin In'ei, the head monk of the Hōzōin temple in
Nara
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, arranged for a duel between Muneyoshi and Hidetsuna. However, Hidetsuna sent Bungoro to take up the challenge as to underestimate the abilities of Muneyoshi. Throughout the course of Bungoro's duel, he had struck Muneyoshi several times with his
shinai
A is a Japanese sword typically made of bamboo used for practice and competition in '' kendō''. ''Shinai'' are also used in other martial arts, but may be styled differently from ''kendō shinai'', and represented with different characters. ...
, which greatly impressed those in attendance.
Bungorō carried on the Shinkage-ryū lineage separately from Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, a martial arts school called Hikita Kage-ryū (疋田陰流), primarily a sword and spears school, but also using kusarigama, naginata and Odachi. It is taught in numerous places in Japan, like the Shumpūkan of
Nagoya
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.
Notes
References
Bibliography
*De Lange, William (2010), ''Famous Japanese Swordsmen, The Warring States Period'', Floating World Editions.
Hikita Bungoro
16th-century Japanese people
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