Kamiizumi Nobutsuna

Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna
Artwork of Kamiizumi Ise-no-kami Hidetsuna (written as 上泉伊勢守秀綱).
BornKamiizumi Hidetsuna
c. 1508
Kaigayagō Kamiizumi, Kōzuke Province
Died1572 or 1577
Native name上泉 伊勢守 信綱
Other namesKamiizumi Musashi-no-Kami, Ōgo Musashi-no-Kami
StyleKenjutsu
Teacher(s)Aisu Ikōsai
Notable studentsYagyū Munetoshi, Hikita Bungorō, Komagawa Tarōzaemon

Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, (上泉 信綱), born Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Fujiwara-no-Hidetsuna, (c.1508 – 1572/1577) was a samurai in Japan's Sengoku period famous for creating the Shinkage-ryū school of combat. He is also well known as Kamiizumi Isenokami (上泉 伊勢守) which was his name as a samurai official (武家官位, Bukekani) for a period of time.