Iizasa Ch?isai Ienao 飯篠 長威? 家直
Iizasa Ch?isai Ienao (飯篠 長威? 家直, c.1387?1488) founder of Tenshin Sh?den Katori Shint?-ry?.

Iizasa Ch?isai Ienao ( 飯篠 長威? 家直 , c.1387 – May 26, 1488) ^[1] was the founder of Tenshin Sh?den Katori Shint?-ry? which is a traditional ( kory? ) Japanese martial art . His Buddhist posthumous name is Taiganin-den-Taira-no-Ason-Iga-no-Kami-Raiodo-Hon-Daikoji . ^[2]

He was reputed to be a respected spearman and swordsman who served the Chiba family in what is today Chiba Prefecture . When his hometown was destroyed, he began wandering the land until he settled down near the Katori Shrine and founded the Tenshin Sh?den Katori Shint?-ry? in c.1447.

References [ edit ]

• De Lange, William (2006). Famous Japanese Swordsmen: The Warring States Period , Floating World Editions. ISBN   978-1891640438
• Otake, Risuke (1977). The Deity and the Sword - Katori Shinto-ryu , Vol 1, Japan, Japan Publications Trading Co. ISBN   0-87040-378-8 (Original Japanese title for all three volumes in this series is Mukei Bunkazai Katori Shinto-ryu )
• Hall, David Avalon. Marishiten: Buddhism and the warrior Goddess , Ph.D. dissertation, Ann Arbor: University microfilms, p. 274-292 are about TSKSR
• Skoss, Diane (editor) (1999). Sword & Spirit, Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan , vol 2., p. 67-69
• Watatani, Kiyoshi (1967). Zusetsu Kobud?shi , Tokyo

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