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Togaure Ryu Ninpo
Togakure , now called Togakushi, is a village situated in the Joshinetsu Plateau near the city of Nagano in the province of Shimano .Togakure is translated as 'The hidden door' . Near to Togakure village is Moune Hei where a monk by the name of So-o lived , it is said that he left to live in a cave for three years , it was in the cave that he formed the Shugendo sect of Buddhism. There is a temple on Togakure Mountain erected for the worship of Shugendo Buddhism.
Daisuke Nishina was born the second son of Nishina Yukihiro in the Onho Era (1161-1162) in Shinshu near to the Azumio province. His father, who was killed at a battle called 'Awaza no Kassan' was a Samurai under Kiso Yoshinaka who was a cousin of Minamoto Yoshitsune and Minamato Yoryone ( the first hereditary Shogun of Japan). According to legend Daisuke Nishima was on the losing side of a battle, heavily wounded he fled to the Togakure region it is here that he came across Kagakure Doshi, a Soke of Hakuun Ryu Ninjutsu.
Hakuun Ryu was founded by Garyu Doshi. The school was said to contain the teachings of the use of four demons (Fire, Shadow, Earth and wind). Garyu had three students, Iga Heinai Yasykiyo, Hashiryu Nyudo and Izumu Kanja Yoshiteru. Izumu Kanja Yoshiteru is credited as being the founder of both Shinden Fudo Ryu and Kukishinden Ryu . Hakuun Doshi the teacher of Kagakure Doshi , was taught the Hakuun Ryu by Kimon Heibei. It is said that Hakuun Doshi was the organiser of the Hakuun Ryu, and it is from him that the school gets it's name.
Kagakure Doshi had two students, Daisuke Nishima (Togakure ) and Shima Minamoto. Shima Minamoto of Ise was of the Kosho rank and fought for the Minamoto clan against the Taira family at the age of sixteen under the employ of Kiso Yoshiake. He was seriously wounded at the battle at Awazu and escaped to the Iga province at the request of Kiso where he met and was cared for by Kagagure Doshi who also taught him the Hakuun Ryu Happo Hiken which had early forms of Jojutsu, Taijutsu, Sojutsu, Koppo, Naginata, Muto and Shurikenjutsu. Another version says that Shima was found by Kagakure Doshi who carried him on his back to a hut in Iga. On his death Kagakure Doshi requested that Daisuke Nishina continue the care and teaching of Shima.
Daisuke Nishima combined the teachings of Hakuun Ryu Ninjutsu with his Shugendo religion to formulate a system that would become the Togakure Ryu. To celebrate this he changed his name to Daisuke Togakure. Daisuke was said to have a son called Rokosuke who was said to be his first student. It is not known why Daisuke did not appoint his son as the next soke and it is not recorded what happened to him. Shima Minamaoto was made the next Soke and changed his name to Diasuke Togakure II out of respect for his teacher.
Shima Minamoto passed the school onto Goro Togakure, some sources say that Goro was the son of Shima. It is said that Goro formulated the Ryu as we think of it today. Goro taught Kosanta Togakure, (a.k.a Kuunra Kotaro Noburoshi) who formulated the Santo Tonko no jutsu 12 techniques fore beginning students.
The School was said to have been taught by the Hattori family of the Kishu clan as part of the Hattori Ryu in the 1600's.The Hattori Ryu was formed by Hanzo Hattori. He was born in 1541 the son of Hattori Yasunaga in the province of Iga. He gained the favour of Tokugawa Ieyasu when he acted as a guide through the Iga region and was later to become military advisor to Ieyasu when he became Shogun. It is said that Hattori died in 1596 age 55 when fighting the Ninja of Fuma Ryu, a clan who specialized in water tactics. It is said that Hanzo Hattori and his men chased the Fuma Ninja out to sea in small boats; however the Fuma Ninja swam underneath the boats of Hattori and disabled his rudder. The men under Hattori were said to have jumped overboard only to find that oil had been poured into the sea .The oil was lit by the Fuma clan and Hanzo and his men burned to death.
The school passed into the famous Momochi ninja family when Momochi Kobei became the 22nd Soke. Momochi Kobei was a decendent of the famous Ninja Momochi Sandayau who had been Soke of the Koto Ryu, Gyokko Ryu and Momochi Ryu. Tokagure Ryu passed into the Toda family when Toda Seiryu Nobutsuma was given the school by Tobari Tenza. Toda Seiryu thus becoming the 24th Soke and was also the 18th Soke of Gyokko Ryu and the 9th Soke of Koto Ryu which was taught to him by Momochi Taro Saemon and 5th Soke of Kumogakure Ryu which was passed onto him by Toda Nobutsuna. Toda Seiryu Nobutsuma was also the 11th Soke of Gyokushin Ryu, it is not recorded who the 10th soke was.Toda Seiryu Nobutsuma passed the schools onto Fudo Nobuchika.
The 27th Soke ,Toda Nobumasa was the father in law of Ohkuni Inzo Mori Shigenhiro,the 19th Soke of the Kukishinden Ryu. It is said that Toda taught him Gyokushin Ryu,Gyokko Ryu and Togakure ryu. Ohkuni was a personal bodyguard to some of the Emperors. In 1850's Ohkuni was employed as a guardsman in the sacred palace. Toda Daisabura Chikashige was the 31st soke of the Togakure Ryu. He was the father of Toda Shinryuken Masamitsu. He was said to be especially skilled in Shoten no Jutsu, or the art of 'Running to the Heavens. It was said that he was able to run p the 3m high pillar in the local temple, flipping off catching on to one of the ceiling beams. He passed the school on to his son.
Toda Shinryuken Masamitsu was handed the school by his father thus becoming the 32nd Soke of Tokagure ryu. Toda Shinryuken was born in 1824 and died in 1909 ( the Bugei Ryuha Daijiten has the 32nd Soke of Togakure Ryu listed as Toda Makoto Ryuken (Isshin-sai) this could possible be another name for him) Toda was also the 26th Soke of Gyokko Ryu,16th Soke of Koto Ryu, 19th Soke of Hyokushin Ryu,12th Soke of Kumogakure Ryu and 24th Soke of Shinden Fudo ryu. His teachers were Toda Daisaburo (his father) and Toyota Jubei Mitsuyoshi for Shinden Fudo Ryu. He gave Menkyo Kaiden to his Grandson Takamatsu when in 1909, when Takamatsu was 22 years old, in all the schools that he was Soke of.
Toshitsugu Takamatsu began his training under Toda Sensei when he was nine years old. Takamatsu's training in Togakure Ryu began at the age of thirteen and consisted of Shoten no Jutsu.Takamatsu passed the Schools onto Yoshiaki Hatsumi in the late 1960's. Takamatsu died at the age of 83 years in 1972.
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Togaure Ryu Ninpo
Togakure , now called Togakushi, is a village situated in the Joshinetsu Plateau near the city of Nagano in the province of Shimano .Togakure is translated as 'The hidden door' . Near to Togakure village is Moune Hei where a monk by the name of So-o lived , it is said that he left to live in a cave for three years , it was in the cave that he formed the Shugendo sect of Buddhism. There is a temple on Togakure Mountain erected for the worship of Shugendo Buddhism. Daisuke Nishina was born the second son of Nishina Yukihiro in the Onho Era (1161-1162) in Shinshu near to the Azumio province. His father, who was killed at a battle called 'Awaza no Kassan' was a Samurai under Kiso Yoshinaka who was a cousin of Minamoto Yoshitsune and Minamato Yoryone ( the first hereditary Shogun of Japan). According to legend Daisuke Nishima was on the losing side of a battle, heavily wounded he fled to the Togakure region it is here that he came across Kagakure Doshi, a Soke of Hakuun Ryu Ninjutsu.
Hakuun Ryu was founded by Garyu Doshi. The school was said to contain the teachings of the use of four demons (Fire, Shadow, Earth and wind). Garyu had three students, Iga Heinai Yasykiyo, Hashiryu Nyudo and Izumu Kanja Yoshiteru. Izumu Kanja Yoshiteru is credited as being the founder of both Shinden Fudo Ryu and Kukishinden Ryu . Hakuun Doshi the teacher of Kagakure Doshi , was taught the Hakuun Ryu by Kimon Heibei. It is said that Hakuun Doshi was the organiser of the Hakuun Ryu, and it is from him that the school gets it's name. Kagakure Doshi had two students, Daisuke Nishima (Togakure ) and Shima Minamoto. Shima Minamoto of Ise was of the Kosho rank and fought for the Minamoto clan against the Taira family at the age of sixteen under the employ of Kiso Yoshiake. He was seriously wounded at the battle at Awazu and escaped to the Iga province at the request of Kiso where he met and was cared for by Kagagure Doshi who also taught him the Hakuun Ryu Happo Hiken which had early forms of Jojutsu, Taijutsu, Sojutsu, Koppo, Naginata, Muto and Shurikenjutsu. Another version says that Shima was found by Kagakure Doshi who carried him on his back to a hut in Iga. On his death Kagakure Doshi requested that Daisuke Nishina continue the care and teaching of Shima.
Daisuke Nishima combined the teachings of Hakuun Ryu Ninjutsu with his Shugendo religion to formulate a system that would become the Togakure Ryu. To celebrate this he changed his name to Daisuke Togakure. Daisuke was said to have a son called Rokosuke who was said to be his first student. It is not known why Daisuke did not appoint his son as the next soke and it is not recorded what happened to him. Shima Minamaoto was made the next Soke and changed his name to Diasuke Togakure II out of respect for his teacher. Shima Minamoto passed the school onto Goro Togakure, some sources say that Goro was the son of Shima. It is said that Goro formulated the Ryu as we think of it today. Goro taught Kosanta Togakure, (a.k.a Kuunra Kotaro Noburoshi) who formulated the Santo Tonko no jutsu 12 techniques fore beginning students.
The School was said to have been taught by the Hattori family of the Kishu clan as part of the Hattori Ryu in the 1600's.The Hattori Ryu was formed by Hanzo Hattori. He was born in 1541 the son of Hattori Yasunaga in the province of Iga. He gained the favour of Tokugawa Ieyasu when he acted as a guide through the Iga region and was later to become military advisor to Ieyasu when he became Shogun. It is said that Hattori died in 1596 age 55 when fighting the Ninja of Fuma Ryu, a clan who specialized in water tactics. It is said that Hanzo Hattori and his men chased the Fuma Ninja out to sea in small boats; however the Fuma Ninja swam underneath the boats of Hattori and disabled his rudder. The men under Hattori were said to have jumped overboard only to find that oil had been poured into the sea .The oil was lit by the Fuma clan and Hanzo and his men burned to death.
The school passed into the famous Momochi ninja family when Momochi Kobei became the 22nd Soke. Momochi Kobei was a decendent of the famous Ninja Momochi Sandayau who had been Soke of the Koto Ryu, Gyokko Ryu and Momochi Ryu. Tokagure Ryu passed into the Toda family when Toda Seiryu Nobutsuma was given the school by Tobari Tenza. Toda Seiryu thus becoming the 24th Soke and was also the 18th Soke of Gyokko Ryu and the 9th Soke of Koto Ryu which was taught to him by Momochi Taro Saemon and 5th Soke of Kumogakure Ryu which was passed onto him by Toda Nobutsuna. Toda Seiryu Nobutsuma was also the 11th Soke of Gyokushin Ryu, it is not recorded who the 10th soke was.Toda Seiryu Nobutsuma passed the schools onto Fudo Nobuchika. The 27th Soke ,Toda Nobumasa was the father in law of Ohkuni Inzo Mori Shigenhiro,the 19th Soke of the Kukishinden Ryu. It is said that Toda taught him Gyokushin Ryu,Gyokko Ryu and Togakure ryu. Ohkuni was a personal bodyguard to some of the Emperors. In 1850's Ohkuni was employed as a guardsman in the sacred palace. Toda Daisabura Chikashige was the 31st soke of the Togakure Ryu. He was the father of Toda Shinryuken Masamitsu. He was said to be especially skilled in Shoten no Jutsu, or the art of 'Running to the Heavens. It was said that he was able to run p the 3m high pillar in the local temple, flipping off catching on to one of the ceiling beams. He passed the school on to his son.
Toda Shinryuken Masamitsu was handed the school by his father thus becoming the 32nd Soke of Tokagure ryu. Toda Shinryuken was born in 1824 and died in 1909 ( the Bugei Ryuha Daijiten has the 32nd Soke of Togakure Ryu listed as Toda Makoto Ryuken (Isshin-sai) this could possible be another name for him) Toda was also the 26th Soke of Gyokko Ryu,16th Soke of Koto Ryu, 19th Soke of Hyokushin Ryu,12th Soke of Kumogakure Ryu and 24th Soke of Shinden Fudo ryu. His teachers were Toda Daisaburo (his father) and Toyota Jubei Mitsuyoshi for Shinden Fudo Ryu. He gave Menkyo Kaiden to his Grandson Takamatsu when in 1909, when Takamatsu was 22 years old, in all the schools that he was Soke of.
Toshitsugu Takamatsu began his training under Toda Sensei when he was nine years old. Takamatsu's training in Togakure Ryu began at the age of thirteen and consisted of Shoten no Jutsu.Takamatsu passed the Schools onto Yoshiaki Hatsumi in the late 1960's. Takamatsu died at the age of 83 years in 1972.
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