Ninzó Toda
Seiryu Nobutsuna / Soke
Japanese samurai and historical grandmaster of the Togakure-ryu Ninjutsu tradition in the Sengoku era.
Quick Facts
Date of Birth16. století
Date of Death16. století
Era16th century
Country of Origin
Japan
JapanRank / TitleSoke Togakure-ryu
Active Yearsca 1550–1590
Biography
Toda Seiryu Nobutsuna (Ninzó Toda) was a 16th-century samurai lord who preserved and refined Togakure-ryu Ninjutsu and Gyokko-ryu, forming the lineage later inherited by Takamatsu.
Associated Martial Arts
NinjutsuMaster→
A Japanese system drawing on old ryuha, combining unarmed combat, weapons and movement in terrain; its historical continuity is disputed.
Togakure-ryu NinjutsuMaster→The best known ninja school, covered today by the Bujinkan. No independent source attests it before Toshitsugu Takamatsu — the eight-hundred-year line is unproven.