Died October 23, 1930
Japan Name Jirokichi Yamada | Nationality Japanese | |
Native name 山田 次朗吉 Yamada Jirokichi Style Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryu Trainer Sakakibara Kenkichi (榊原 鍵吉) Notable students Kawashima Takashi (川島 堯), Omori Sogen (大森 曹玄) |
Jirōkichi Yamada (山田 次朗吉, Yamada Jirōkichi, January 9, 1863 – October 23, 1930) was the 15th and last official headmaster or sōke of Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū, a (koryū) of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship (kenjutsu). He was a student of the 14th sōke, Sakakibara Kenkichi (榊原 鍵吉).
In the early twentieth century (1927), he published a book documenting all five classical kata of this koryū that originates from the sixteenth century.
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