Hokushin Itto Ryu

• Japanese:北辰一刀流
• Type: Kenjutsu, Naginatajutsu
• Founder: Chiba Shusaku 千葉周作
• Era: circa 1830

Chiba promoted a more spiritually minded art of sword fighting. This style used a straight bokken in kumitachi style training, which is considered the ancestor of the Shinai used in modern Kendo. Followers of this style held competitions in which the bokken was used against a person armed with a Naginata. Hokushin Itto Ryu dojo Genbukan was one of most popular dojo in Edo during the Bakumatsu

Famous Swordmen of The Ryu

• Chiba Eijiro
• Chiba Sadakichi
• Chiba Sana
• Chiba Jutaro
• Inoue Enryo
• Sakamoto Ryoma
• Ito Kashitaro
• Yamanami Keisuke
• Todo Heisuke
• Yoshimura Kanichiro
• Sanada Hannosuke
• Shimoe Hidetaro
• Shoji Benkichi
• Niwa Seizo

References

• Nihon Densho Bugei Ryuha Dokuhon(日本伝承武芸流派読本) Shinjinbutsu Orai sha 1994