Tose Yosazaemon Osamune

Tose Yosazaemon Osamune
十瀬 与三左衛門 長宗
Born Tose Yosazaemon Osamune
c. 1540
Hitachi Province
Died c. 1600
Native name 十瀬 与三左衛門 長宗
Other names Also read "Kose" and "Ose"
Style Kenjutsu
Iaijutsu
Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu
Teacher(s) Iizasa Wakasa no Kami Morinobu
Notable students Kaneko Shinkuro Morisada

Tose Yosazaemon Osamune (十瀬 与三左衛門 長宗, c. 1540- c. 1600) was a goshi (land-holding samurai) from Hitachi province in Japan. He is credited with founding the Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu[1] around the Eiroku Era (1558- 1570).[2]

Biography

Tose Yosazaemon Osamune was born in c. 1540 in Hitachi province, Japan (current day Ibaraki Prefecture). He was a land-holding samurai, known as a goshi.[1] While in his early twenties, seeking to enhance his swordsmanship skills, he traveled to Katori Shrine (located in Chiba prefecture) to study under Iizasa Wakasa no Kami Morinobu, the third headmaster of the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu.[3] After five years of training, he received a menkyo kaiden ("license of complete transmission").[2]

After completing his studies under the tutelage of Iizasa Wakasa no Kami Morinobu, Osamune went on to continue his swordsmanship training at Kashima Shrine located in Ibaraki prefecture.[2] It was at this time that Osamune underwent a spiritual ordeal and received, via an oracle, a catalog of martial techniques in a divine inspiration from Takemikazuchi, the god to which the shrine is dedicated to.[1] In addition, he received a vision of technique so swift that with it he could cut a flying swallow out of the air. From this inspiration he named his new system Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu, taking the “Tenshinsho” (true and correct transmission from the of deity of Katori Shrine- Futsunushi) from the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu, and adding the term “self-power revelation” (Jigen) which had come to him after his spiritual ordeal at Kashima Shrine.[1]

Although Osamune's menkyo kaiden from the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu included mastery in a variety of weapons, the Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu specializes primarily in swordsmanship.[1]

Osamune's student Kaneko Shinkuro Morisada became his successor as the second headmaster of the Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu.[1]

Osamune died in c. 1600.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hall, David A. (2012). Encyclopedia of Japanese Martial Arts. New York: Kodansha USA. pp. 515–516. ISBN 978-1-56836-410-0.
  2. 1 2 3 雪, 綿谷 (1978). 武芸流派大事典 (増補大改訂版 ed.). 東京: 東京コピイ出版部. p. 599.
  3. ↑ 加来, 耕三 (2015). 日本武術・武道大事典. Tokyo: 勉誠出版. p. 78. ISBN 978-4585200321.
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