Kanemaki Jisai

Kanemaki Jisai (鐘巻 自斎, c.1536 – 1615) was a master of the Chujō-ryū fighting style.[1] He was a student of Toda Seigen and teacher to Itō Ittōsai (possibly also Sasaki Kojirō).

In this Japanese name, the family name is Kanemaki.

Cultural Influence

Kanemaki Jisai is a featured character within the Japanese manga series Vagabond, in which he is a primary figure of the series' "Kojirō Arc", raising Sasaki Kojirō from his very birth and training him throughout the latter's early adulthood.

References
  1. Turnbull, Stephen R. (2000). The Samurai Tradition, Volume 2. Routledge. p. 439. ISBN 9781873410226.


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