Jirokichi Yamada

Jirokichi Yamada
BornJanuary 9, 1863
Aizu, Fukushima, Japan
DiedOctober 23, 1930
Japan
Native name山田 次朗吉
NationalityJapanese
StyleKashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū
TrainerSakakibara Kenkichi (榊原 鍵吉)
Notable studentsKawashima Takashi (川島 堯), Ōmori Sōgen (大森 曹玄)

Jirokichi Yamada (山田 次朗吉, Yamada Jirokichi, January 9, 1863 – October 23, 1930) was the 15th and last official headmaster or sōke of Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū, a (koryū) of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship (kenjutsu). He was a student of the 14th sōke, Sakakibara Kenkichi (榊原 鍵吉).

In the early twentieth century (1927), he published a book documenting all five classical kata of this koryū that originates from the sixteenth century.[1]

  1. ^ Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū 鹿島神傳直心影流 by Yamada Jirokichi. Suishinsha, hardcover, 1927. (in Japanese)