Mochida Moriji
Mochida Moriji ( Japanese 持 田 盛 二 ; born January 26, 1885 in Maebashi ; † February 9, 1974 ) was a Japanese Kendōka .
Mochida is considered the most famous kendo teacher of the 20th century and still taught in old age. In May 1927 he became Hanshi of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū . He won the 1929 kendo tournament , which was held in honor of the Shōwa -tennōs. Since 1930 he was a teacher in the Noma Dōjō of the Kōdansha publishing house. When the graduation system was changed after the Second World War , in 1957 he was the first of only five Kendōka to be awarded the 10th Dan Hanshi. He was a teacher of the Tokyo City Police , the Imperial Guard and in the Keiō University and a member of the committee that formed the Dai Nihon Teikoku Kendo Kata .
He is also known through the film recordings from 1953. The ten forms of the Kendōkata were shown, as they were common before the war. His partner was Saimura Gorō .
He was awarded the culture medal on November 9, 1961 by Prime Minister Ikeda Hayato .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Junzo Sasamori, Gordon Warner: This is Kendo ... the Japanese art of fencing. (Berlin 2002), Weinmann, ISBN 3-87892-025-3
- ↑ Kozo Ando: Kendou Vocabulary, Toshinsha Tokyo 1995
- ↑ Tokeshi, Jinichi: Kendo: Elements, Rules, and Philosophy (Honolulu 2003), University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN 0824825985 , page 249 f
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mochida, Moriji |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 持 田 盛 二 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese kendōka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maebashi |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1974 |