Hasegawa Eishin
A Japanese swordsman after whom the Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu school is also called Eishin-ryu; he adapted older tachi sword techniques for the katana.
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Hasegawa Eishin is associated with the Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu school, which after him is also called Hasegawa Eishin-ryu, Hasegawa-ryu or simply Eishin-ryu. The dates of his birth and death, as well as his training, we have not been able to verify in the sources.
He adapted older techniques for the long tachi sword so that they could be used with the katana of his time. He also created a number of new techniques, some of which today form the Tatehiza no bu (Chuden) set.
His place in the school's lineage is disputed. Some authors consider him the actual founder of Eishin-ryu, that is, the first soke, and name Shinmei Muso-ryu as the parent school; others rank him as the seventh soke.