Sekishusai Yagyu

Yagyu Muneyoshi / Soke

Japanese samurai, student of Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, and founder of the renowned Yagyu Shinkage-ryu school.

Quick Facts

Date of Birth1529

Date of Death5/25/1606

Era16th century

Country of OriginJapan

Rank / TitleFounder of Yagyu Shinkage-ryu

Active Years1565–1606

Biography

Yagyu Sekishusai Muneyoshi perfected the no-sword concept (Mutō-dori) under Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, establishing Yagyu Shinkage-ryu as the official sword style of Tokugawa shoguns.

Associated Martial Arts

Yagyu Shinkage-ryuFounder→

The most famous Japanese school of swordsmanship. It arose by adding a family name to Shinkage-ryū, and its Edo branch served the Tokugawa shogunate.