Ōasa Yūji
Ōasa Yūji ( Japanese 大麻 勇 次 ; * January 16 or 20, 1887 in Anrakuji, Tamana , Kumamoto Prefecture , Japan ; † February 22, 1974 ) was a Japanese Kendōka and 10th Dan Hanshi .
In 1930 he founded the Reido Dojo in Matsubara-machi, Saga , Kyūshū . He was graduated to Hanshi (now about 8th Dan) in May 1936 and 10th Dan in 1957. From September 8, 1963 he was together with four other Kendō teachers on a demonstration tour through North and South America . Ōasa was a committee member of the All-Japanese Kendō Federation and President of the Kendō Association of Saga Prefecture. Professionally, he was a consultant to one of the largest cosmetics companies in Japan.
In 1963 he received the Order of Merit on the Purple Ribbon , in 1965 the Order of the Rising Sun 4th Class and in 1969 the Culture Prize of the Saga Shimbun newspaper .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 範士 十 段 ・ 大麻 勇 次 先生 の 略 歴 . (No longer available online.) In: 佐賀 新聞 の 情報 コ ミ ュ ニ テ ィ サ イ ト . Saga Shimbun , formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 14, 2009 (Japanese). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b A Goodwill Tour by the Fencing Masters of Japan . In: M. Uyehara (Ed.): Black Belt . Vol. 2, No. 2 , March 1964, ISSN 0277-3066 , p. 48 ( google.com ).
- ^ Paul Budden: Looking at a Far Mountain . A Study of Kendo Kata. Tuttle Publishing, 2000, ISBN 0-8048-3245-5 , pp. 121 ( google.de ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ōasa, Yūji |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 大麻 勇 次 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese kendoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1887 or January 20, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Anrakuji, Tamana , Kumamoto Prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1974 |