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*''Japanese'':無外流
*''Japanese'':無外流
* ''Type''; [[Battojutsu]], [[Kenjutsu]]
*''Also called'':無外直伝剣法(Mugai Jikiden Kenpo), or 無外流居合兵道(Mugai Ryu Iaihyodo)
* ''Founder'': [[Tsuji Gattan ]] 辻月丹
* ''Type''; [[Iaijutsu]], [[Kenjutsu]]
* ''Founder'': [[Tsuji Sukeshige|Tsuji Gettan Mugai Sukeshige]] 辻月丹無外資茂
* ''Era'': [[1695]]
* ''Era'': [[1695]]
Tsuji Gattan learned [[Yamaguchi Ryu]] from Yamaguchi Bokushinsai.
==History==
Founder [[Tsuji Gettan Mugai Sukeshige]] (also Sukemochi) went to the capital when he was 13, where he learned [[Yamaguchi Ryu]] kenjutsu from Yamaguchi Bokushinsai and his student Itou Shougen<ref>伊藤将監</ref>. At the age of 26 he received ''kaiden'' (full transmission) and opened dojo in the Kojimachi district of [[Edo]]. In Edo, Sukeshige studied [[zazen]] under Zen master [[Sekitan Wajo]] at Kyukoji temple in Azabu. He took the name 'Mugai Ryu' from a Zen poem:
Mugai Ryu was popular among [[Daimyo]] and [[Bakufu]] Samurai, there were more than 1000 pupils in those days.
一法実無外 : Ippo jitsu mugai (There is nothing but the one truth:)<BR>
乾坤得一貞 : Kenkon toku ittei (It is universal, constant.)<BR>
吹毛方納蜜 : Suimo hono mitsu (The wind-blown feather truly obtains this secret;)<BR>
動着則光清 : Dochaku soku kosei (To know harmony amidst confusion is to be illuminated.)<ref>Translation from [[http://www.iai.gr.jp/hp/english/tsuji.html http://www.iai.gr.jp/hp/english/tsuji.html]]</ref>
The original name for his school was ''Mugai Jikiden Kenpou'' (The true transmission of the sword method of Mugai [nothing outside]).
He also learned [[Jikyo Ryu]] under Taga Jikyoken Morimasa. Later, Takahashi Hachisuke Mitsusuke would receive transmission of Mugai Ryu from the fourth generation, Tsuji Sukeyuki<ref>''Bugei Ryuha Daijiten'' gives his name as Tsuji Tatsugoro Sukeyuki, although other sources[[http://www.iai.gr.jp/hp/english/lineage.html]] say Tsuji Kimata Sukeyuki</ref> and transmission of [[Jikyo Ryu]] from the fourth in that lineage, Yamamura Masahige. Takahashi then started the Takahashi-ha, or Himeji lineage, of Mugai Ryu.
Eventually the Edo lineage ended with Tsuji Sadatoku, but the Himeji line continued the tradition of Mugai Ryu, also incorporating Jikyo Ryu iai.
==Lineage==
There are two main lines of Mugai Ryu shown here<ref>This is the lineage given in ''Bugei Ryuha Daijiten'' and may disagree with other sources.[[http://www.iai.gr.jp/hp/english/lineage.html]]</ref>--the Edo and Himeji lines. The Himeji line is perhaps the more well known today, as the Edo line has died out.
===Edo Lineage===
*Tsuji Gettan Mugai Sukeshige
**Tsuji Uheita<ref>Different traditions say this is the 2nd in the lineage, before Sukehide</ref>
*Tsuji Kimata Sukehide
*Tsuji Bunzaemon Suketaka
*Tsuji Tatsusgorou Sukeyuki
**Takahashi Hachisuke Mitsusuke-->Himeji line
*Tsuji Bunzaemon Sukenobu
*Tsuji Kin'ichiro Yoshishige
*Tsuji Kimata Shibaoka (Yoshitaro Takenobu)
*Tsuji Kamegoro Sadatoku
===Himeji Lineage===
*Takahashi Hachisuke Mitsusuke
*Takahashi Tatsuzo Mitsuharu
*Takahashi Hachisuke Shigeyuki
*Takahashi Tetsuo Takeshige
*Takahashi Kyutaro Koun
*Nakagawa Shin'ichi Shiryo<ref>There are several holders of menkyo kaiden from this point forward and there is no clear 'head' of the entire lineage anymore</ref>
==Famous Swordmen of the Ryu==
==Famous Swordmen of the Ryu==
==References==
==References==
*''Nihon Densho Bugei Ryuha Dokuhon''(日本伝承武芸流派読本) Shinjinbutsu Orai sha 1994
*''Nihon Densho Bugei Ryuha Dokuhon''(日本伝承武芸流派読本) Shinjinbutsu Orai sha 1994
*Watatani, Kiyoshi and Yamada, Tadashi (2003), ''Bugei Ryuha Daijiten'' (武芸流派大辞典), Tokyo Copy, Tokyo, Japan.
==External Links==
*[[http://www.iai.gr.jp/ Suimokai website]] -- The website of the Suimokai, the organization for Mugai Ryu Meishi-ha.
==Footnotes==
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