* Oguro Motoemon Kiyokatsu 大黒元右ヱ門清勝 (died 1790) - This man had two highly skilled students who developed their own styles. After his death the ryu split into two ha or branches named after these men. The first of these men, Tanimura, was more closely associated with the Tosa branch and became Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu. The other man was known as Shimomura who introduced considerable changes, whose branch later became Muso Shinden Ryu. | * Oguro Motoemon Kiyokatsu 大黒元右ヱ門清勝 (died 1790) - This man had two highly skilled students who developed their own styles. After his death the ryu split into two ha or branches named after these men. The first of these men, Tanimura, was more closely associated with the Tosa branch and became Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu. The other man was known as Shimomura who introduced considerable changes, whose branch later became Muso Shinden Ryu. |