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| | 4) In contrast to this, Takenouchi ryu’s founder Takenouchi Hisamori died in Bunroku year 4 (1595). | | 4) In contrast to this, Takenouchi ryu’s founder Takenouchi Hisamori died in Bunroku year 4 (1595). |
| | This places Hisamori Takenouchi’s death before Hannosuke Futagami was born or when Hannosuke was no more than a few years old. Even if Hisamori’s date of death is incorrect and he lived longer than the average person, it seems physically impossible for Hannosuke to have been his student. | | This places Hisamori Takenouchi’s death before Hannosuke Futagami was born or when Hannosuke was no more than a few years old. Even if Hisamori’s date of death is incorrect and he lived longer than the average person, it seems physically impossible for Hannosuke to have been his student. |
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| − | In contrast to this, Takenouchi ryu lists the name “Futagami” as a direct student of Takenouchi Hisamori. It also lists Takenouchi ryu and Futagami ryu as the martial schools he was master of. However, listed under “Futagami” is the name “Hannosuke” and the martial art he founded, “Sosuishiryu”. The “Futagami” recorded here as the student of Hisamori is Hannosuke’s father, Tokinari.
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| − | So, from this piece of evidence it is apperant that Tokinari Futagami was the direct student of Hisamori Takenouchi. Hannosuke Futagami was not Hisamori Takenouchi’s student but in fact a disciple of his father. Somewhere along the line, the two names were confused and the facts merged into one “enigma”.
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| − | ====Hannosuke Futagami====
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| − | Upon returning from the battle of Shimabara to Fukuoka, Hannosuke was employed as an “Umamawari” (a type of bodyguard). According to the government records of the Fukuoka ward during the Kanbun era, Futagami Hannosuke (Kutayu) is listed as under the employment of a one Kobayashi Shirozaemon-kumi, (a high-rank bushi with a 200-koku income), as an Umamawari. He was dispatched to protect high-ranking officials living in or traveling through the area.
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| − | In Enpo year 3 (1675) the “Torenji Domain” was renamed the “Nogata Domain” as an extended area under the control of the Fukuoka Domain. It was at this time that Itami Kurozaemon,” a “karo” (chief retainer) of the Fukuoka Domain with more than a thousand koku, relocated there from Fukuoka along with many other samurai. This included Tashiro Seijiro, who succeeded as the second generation in Kanbun year 6 (1666).
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| − | In Hannosuke’s “Monjin-cho” (notebook of his students) the name “Itami Kurozaemon” appears, meaning that Itami was a student and perhaps a patron of Hannosuke’s.
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| − | In the Fukuoka Sekiryukan’s “A Brief History of Sosuishi ryu” it states that the school was established at the beginning of Edo period, during the Sho-o era (1652-1654) under the reign of shogun Ietsuna Tokugawa. It also says that “During the Sho-o era (Hannosuke) came to Chikuzen-Nogata with the support of Shitama Matashichi and he stayed with him.”
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| − | As mentioned previously the name of the domain at this time was “Torenji” and duriung those dates, the Nogata Domain did not exist yet. So this “Chikuzen Nogata” probably infers that Hannosuke stayed in/around Torenji Domain before the area was renamed.
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| − | Regardless of whether or not Futagami Hannosuke was in the Nogata during the Sho-o era, it is known that he spent 38 years of his life in the Fukuoka area from Kanei year 14 (1637) until Enpo year 3 (1675).
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| − | ====A Basic Outline of Events====
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| − | Hannosuke returned to Fukuoka from Shimabara (Nagasaki) when his father Tokinari died in Kanei year 15 (1638). He healed his injuries and began working at a new career as an Umamawari under the new government. Then around the Sho-o era he left Fukuoka for training. On his return home from training he met Matashichi Shitama who invited Hannosuke to Nogata, where he temporarily relocated. Hannosuke then changed the name of Futagami ryu to Sosuishiryu and was summoned to serve in the Bungo-Mori Domain under the Kurushima Clan. When Hannosuke was released from his service, the person known as Futagami Hannosuke Masaaki (also as Yosh-shige, Shichitayu, Kutayu and Kurouemon) moved back to Bungo-Takeda and died on January 5, Genroku year 6 (1693) and was buried with the Buddhist homyo “ (a name given by a Buddhist monk when you die) “Baio Kyohaku”.
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| | ====The Shitama Family==== | | ====The Shitama Family==== |
| | Shitama Matashichi was a samurai originally from the Bungo-Takeda and a friend to Futagami Hannosuke Masaaki and extended an invitation to him to come and stay in Chikuzen (Nagota area). DUring this time, Masaaki taught his new school "Sōsuishi-ryū" to Matahachi. Since this turn of events, Sosuishi-ryū has been handed down and instructed by the Shitama family.<ref>{{ja icon}}[Masaru, Negami. 2003. Sekiryūkan No Chōsen. Shadanhōjin Sekiryūkan.]</ref> On the five occasions where the Shitama family were unable to head the school, the ryū had to be looked after by another until a male heir, bearing the Shitama name, could step in and inherit it. On occasion a "yoshi" or "adopted son" from outside the family would be brought in to marry one of the daughters or cousins who had the surname "Shitama" in order to continue the lineage. After marriage the yoshi would change their surnname to the wife's surname and inherit the ryū, continuing the family bloodline for the next generation. The art and family line continues in Fukuoka city today at the Sekiryukan. | | Shitama Matashichi was a samurai originally from the Bungo-Takeda and a friend to Futagami Hannosuke Masaaki and extended an invitation to him to come and stay in Chikuzen (Nagota area). DUring this time, Masaaki taught his new school "Sōsuishi-ryū" to Matahachi. Since this turn of events, Sosuishi-ryū has been handed down and instructed by the Shitama family.<ref>{{ja icon}}[Masaru, Negami. 2003. Sekiryūkan No Chōsen. Shadanhōjin Sekiryūkan.]</ref> On the five occasions where the Shitama family were unable to head the school, the ryū had to be looked after by another until a male heir, bearing the Shitama name, could step in and inherit it. On occasion a "yoshi" or "adopted son" from outside the family would be brought in to marry one of the daughters or cousins who had the surname "Shitama" in order to continue the lineage. After marriage the yoshi would change their surnname to the wife's surname and inherit the ryū, continuing the family bloodline for the next generation. The art and family line continues in Fukuoka city today at the Sekiryukan. |