Araki Mataemon
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was a Japanese samurai
active in the early Edo period. Araki Mataemon was the founder of the koryū
martial art Yagyū Shingan-ryū
, known sometimes as Yagyū Shingan-ryū Taijutsu.
Araki Matemon studied Yagyū Shinkage-ryū
under Yagyū Munenori
and later received permission by Yagyū Jūbei
to use the Yagyū family-name in the Yagyū Shingan-ryū.
Samurai
is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
active in the early Edo period. Araki Mataemon was the founder of the koryū
Koryu
is a Japanese word that is used in association with the ancient Japanese martial arts. This word literally translates as "old school" or "traditional school"...
martial art Yagyū Shingan-ryū
Yagyu Shingan-ryu
, is a traditional school of Japanese martial arts. Different styles of Yagyū Shingan-ryū, such as Heihojutsu and Taijutsu, assert different founders, Takenaga Hayato and Araki Mataemon respectively, but they all go back to Ushū Tatewaki , referred to in some historical scrolls as Shindō...
, known sometimes as Yagyū Shingan-ryū Taijutsu.
Araki Matemon studied Yagyū Shinkage-ryū
Yagyu Shinkage-ryu
is one of the oldest Japanese schools of swordsmanship . Its primary founder was Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, who called the school Shinkage-ryū. In 1565, Nobutsuna bequeathed the school to his greatest student, Yagyū Munetoshi, who added his own name to the school. Today, the Yagyū Shinkage-ryū remains...
under Yagyū Munenori
Yagyu Munenori
was a Japanese swordsman, founder of the Edo branch of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, which he learned from his father Yagyū "Sekishusai" Muneyoshi. This was one of two official sword styles patronized by the Tokugawa Shogunate...
and later received permission by Yagyū Jūbei
Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi
Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi is one of the most famous and romanticized of the samurai in Japan's feudal era.Very little is known about the actual life of Yagyū Mitsuyoshi as the official records of his life are very sparse. Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi grew up in his family's ancestral lands, Yagyū no Sato,...
to use the Yagyū family-name in the Yagyū Shingan-ryū.