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* ''Type: [[Kenjutsu]]''

* ''Type: [[Kenjutsu]]''

* ''Founder: [[Togo Shigekura Bizen no Kami]]　東郷重位 ([[1563]] – [[1643]])''

* ''Founder: [[Togo Shigekura|Tôgô Shigekura]]　東郷重位 ([[1563]] – [[1643]])''

* ''Era: late 1500s or early 1600s''

* ''Era: late 1500s or early 1600s''

Jigen Ryu is known as [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]]'s local Kenjutsu.

Jigen-ryû is famous as [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]]'s local ''[[kenjutsu]]'' school or style, and its philosophies have been much mythologized in association with the lionization of the "heroes" of the [[Satsuma Rebellion]] and of the [[Bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s otherwise.

One of the famous followers of this style was [[Saigo Takamori]] ([[1827]]-[[1877]]) who lead a revolt on the island of Kyushu against a conscription decree issued by the emperor [[Meiji]].

 

This Ryu has unique concept "You must kill the enemy with the first tachi."

One of the most celebrated followers of this style is [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] ([[1827]]-[[1877]]) who led a revolt on the island of Kyushu against a [[military conscription|conscription]] decree issued by the [[Meiji Emperor]].

 

This ''ryû-ha'' is famous for its unique concept "You must kill the enemy in the first ''tachi''."

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