Kage-ryu
Systems: battojutsu (choken)
Date founded: Muromachi period (ca. 1550)
Founded by: Yamamoto Hisaya Masakatsu
Present representative/headmaster: 17th generation headmaster Tachibana Tamio
Primarily located in: Yanagawa
The Classical Martial Arts Resource
Systems: battojutsu (choken)
Date founded: Muromachi period (ca. 1550)
Founded by: Yamamoto Hisaya Masakatsu
Present representative/headmaster: 17th generation headmaster Tachibana Tamio
Primarily located in: Yanagawa
Top to bottom: the sword used by Takamuku Miyoji (3 shaku 7 sun); Colin Hyakutake's sword (3 shaku 8 sun, 3.25 kg); a sanjaku sword (3 shaku), reportedly the length of thw sword used by Sasaki Kojiro; a standard josun (2 shaku 3 sun); white oak bokuto in saya (3 shaku 6 sun).
Takamuku Miyoji with his sword.