Kobusho

• Japanese:講武所(Koubusho)

A Bujutsu dojo which was established by the Tokugawa Bakufu to train the Tokugawa Bakufu retainers and their sons in 1856. The Kobusho taught not only Kenjutsu but also Sojutsu, Hojutsu, Kyujutsu, Jujutsu.

1866, the Kobusho was closed and the place became Hojutsu training school.

Instructors

• Kenjutsu: Odani Seiichiro, Toda Hachirozaemon, Iba Gunbei, Imahori ?, Matsudaira Chikaranosuke, Mistuhashi Torazo, Sakakibara kenkichi, Kondo Yanosuke, Imahori Toyotaro, Momonoi Shunzo, Inoue Hachiro, Onoda Toichi, Furuta Tohachi, Murakoshi Mitsuzo.

• Sojutsu: Hiraiwa Jirodayu, Takahashi Kenzaburo, Kato Heikuro, Ando Sobei, Komai Hangoro, Yoshida Katsunosuke, Katsu Yohachiro, Nagao Kohei, Komai Shizuma, Naoe Kitaemon.

• Kyujutsu: Ogasawara Shojiro.

• Jujutsu: Suzuki Seibei, Katayama Yahachiro.

• Hojutsu: Tamura Kazue, Shimozone Kinzaburo, Egawa Tarozaemon, Inoue Sadayu, Tatsuke Shirobei, Takashima Shirodayu, Katsu Kaishu, Nakayama Hatao, Sakakibara Kyojiro, Uemura Tatewaki, Iida Shozo, Yamaguchi Unume, Matsudaira Naka, Shimozone Jirosuke, Yoshida Naojiro, Kimura Tarozaemon.

References

• Bakufu Hoheitai (幕府歩兵隊) Noguchi Takehiko