Hirayama Gyozo
Appearance
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Hirayama Gyozo (平山 行蔵, Hirayama Gyōzō, also "Kōzō", 1759–1828) was a Japanese fencer and author of the Kensetsu ("Discourse on Swords").[1] He founded the Chukō Shingan Ryū, an offshoot of the Shingan school,[2] and emphasised the use of a shorter-than-normal sword.[3] Gyozo is credited with developing the concept of the bugei juhappan (the "eighteen martial arts").[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Kenji Tokitsu, Musashi Miyamoto; Miyamoto Musashi: His Life and Writings, Shambhala, 2004, ISBN 978-1-59030-045-9 p. 79
- ^ Minoru Kiyota; Kendō: its philosophy, history, and means to personal growth, Kegan Paul International, 1995, ISBN 978-0-7103-0474-2 p. 64
- ^ Kenji Tokitsu, Budo: Ki and the sense of combat, Disfruto y Hago, 2007, ISBN 978-84-8019-912-4 p. 105 (in Spanish)
- ^ Karl F. Friday; Seki Humitake (1 July 1997). Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture. University of Hawaii Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-8248-6332-6.