Menkyo
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Jump to navigationJump to searchIn Kenjutsu, the rank of menkyo is a license to teach or serve as an assistant instructor. Five years of training was typically needed to attain the rank of menkyo.
References
- Hillsborough, Romulus. Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps, Tuttle Publishing, 2005