Kanemaki Jisai

In this Japanese name, the family name is Kanemaki.

Kanemaki Jisai (鐘巻自斎, c.1536 – 1615) was a master of the Chujō-ryū fighting style. He was a student of Toda Seigen and teacher to Itō Ittōsai (possibly also Sasaki Kojirō).

Cultural Influence

Kanemaki Jisai is a featured character within the Japanese manga series Vagabond, in which he is a primary figure of the series' "Kojirō Arc", raising Sasaki Kojirō from his very birth and training him throughout the latter's early adulthood.

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