19th Century depiction of Martial Arts in Prints

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Just for the fun of it:

From the Archive of the Edo Tokyo Museum:

By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

The Dojo of Sakakibara Kenkichi

c.1873

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Toyoharu Chikanobu

The Chiyoda Castle Series

The  Last Shogun Yoshinobu watching Gekken practice

c.1897

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One for Piers

Susuki Kinsen

c.1900

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Utagawa Kunisada

Tengu teaching Ushiwaka (Minamoto No Yoshitsune) under the watchful gaze of the Tengu King Shojobu

c.1810

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Thanx, Malx, fast running out of hearts!

Found him, Suzuki Kinsen!

鈴木錦泉 - Wikipedia

 

PS Your latest Ushiwaka one I love too. Reminds me of several scenes in Demon Slayer, Kimetsu no Yiba.

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Hirezaki Eiho

Bokuto and Naginata Practice

c.1900

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Utagawa Toyokuni

Jujutsu

c.1815

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Toyoharu Chikanobu

The Chiyoda Castle Series

Bokuto and Naginata Training

c.1895

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Kawanabe Kyosai

Children making shapes with a Fusa Himo including Yari Jutsu - spear fighting and a woman holding a Naginata.

c.1865

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Artist Unknown

Various Mechandise fighting in a Dojo enclosure

c.1880

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Fashionable Octopus Games

c.1840

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Nabe Buta (Pot Lid Defence) - Miyamoto Musashi attacks Tsukahara Bokuden with long and short Bokuto.

c.1845

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Hi Malcolm, nice thread..

 

https://schwertgedan...-ryu-style-take-two/

 

And please click the Chiba Saba link

 

Best Peter

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Thank You Peter

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My all time Naginata favorite

Toyoharu Chikanobu

The Chiyoda Castle Series

The ladies of Chiyoda Palace 

c.1896

(The description from the MET sums the scene up:

"The Inner Precincts of Chiyoda Castle,” Chikanobu imagines a world he never saw—the inner precincts of Chiyoda Castle—better known as Edo Castle—which housed the shogun’s mother, wife, and concubines. The area was off limits to all men other than the shogun himself or his young male heir. The Evacuation (otachinoki) described here probably refers to the Great Fire of 1844 that destroyed much of the castle. Female guards, garbed in black robes tied with a bamboo-motif obi, assist in the emergency evacuation, carrying naginata,"

 

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Whilst we are with the Naginata ladies of the Chiyoda Castle......

 

Their tradition is ably continued by the ladies (and token gentlemen) of the Yoshin Ryu who give a spirited performance of their School's core curriculum.