According to the Takenouchi Hisamori retreated to Sannomiya shrine and stayed there for six days in order to develop his family's school swordsmanship via training and prayer. Takenouchi Hisamori was a relatively small person even for Japanese people, but used a training sword of two shaku and four sun in length. On the sixth night of [[shugyo]] as he slept, Hisamori was approached by a mountain ascetic or [[yamabushi]] who Hisamori promptly attacked. | According to the Takenouchi Hisamori retreated to Sannomiya shrine and stayed there for six days in order to develop his family's school swordsmanship via training and prayer. Takenouchi Hisamori was a relatively small person even for Japanese people, but used a training sword of two shaku and four sun in length. On the sixth night of [[shugyo]] as he slept, Hisamori was approached by a mountain ascetic or [[yamabushi]] who Hisamori promptly attacked. |