Yoshin-ryu
Systems: naginatajutsu; sojutsu (nagayari; tanso); bojutsu (hanbo); kusarigamajutsu
Date founded: early Tokugawa period (ca. 1660)
Founded by: Akiyama Shirobei Yoshitoki
Present representative/headmaster: Koyama Takako, 13th headmaster
Primarily located in: Hiroshima Prefecture
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"Field Guide to the Classical Japanese Martial Arts"
- in Sword & Spirit
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This school, based in Hiroshima, specializes in the practice of women's defensive naginata; practitioners learn to execute technique wearing full kimono
- 20th Nihon Kobudo Embu Taikai, Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, 2/2/97
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