Tsukahara Bokuden
| Tsukahara Bokuden | |||||
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Statue of Tsukahara Bokuden (Kashima City, Ibaraki Prefecture) | |||||
| Born | Tsukahara Shin'emon Takamoto c. 1489, first year of Entoku Hitachi Province (now Ibaraki prefecture), Japan | ||||
| Died | 11 February 1571 (aged 81–82), Genki (era) Kashima (now Kashima City), Hitachi Province, Japan | ||||
| Native name | 塚原 卜伝 | ||||
| Other names | Yoshikawa Asako (infant name) → Tsukahara Takami (塚原高幹?) → Buden (number) | ||||
| Residence | Japan | ||||
| Style | Kashima style of kenjutsu | ||||
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| Children | Mikishige (幹重) son | ||||
| Notable students | Ashikaga Yoshiteru; Kitabatake Tomonori; Hosokawa Fujitaka; Imagawa Ujizane; Kamiizumi Nobutsuna; Yamamoto Kansuke and more. | ||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 塚原 卜伝 | ||||
| Hiragana | つかはら ぼくでん | ||||
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Tsukahara Bokuden (塚原 卜伝, 1489 – March 6, 1571) was a swordsman of the early Sengoku period. He was described as a kensei (sword saint). He was the founder of a new Kashima style of kenjutsu, and served as an instructor of Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Ise provincial governor daimyō Kitabatake Tomonori.