Toda Shinryuken
Soke / Master
Japanese samurai grandmaster, grandfather of Toshitsugu Takamatsu, and 32nd headmaster of Togakure-ryu.
Quick Facts
Date of Birth18. století
Date of Death19. století
Era19th century
Country of Origin
Japan
JapanRank / Title32nd Soke Togakure-ryu
Active Yearsca 1850–1890
Biography
Toda Shinryuken Masamitsu was a sword master to the Tokugawa shogunate. He transmitted Togakure-ryu Ninjutsu and Gyokko-ryu to his grandson Toshitsugu 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.