Noma Dōjō

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Morning training in the Noma Dōjō (2006)

Noma Dōjō ( Japanese 野 間 道場 ) was a private Kendō training hall ( Dōjō ), which was in the Tokyo district of Bunkyō near the Gokoku-ji Temple . The dōjō was founded in 1925 by Seiji Noma , the founder of the Kōdansha publishing house, and has long been one of the most respected kendō-dōjō in Japan . Parts of the building structure came from the Edo period . It was 9 by 28 meters in size.

Before the Second World War , there were three other private dōjō in addition to the Noma Dōjō, which together were referred to as the "the four great dōjō of Tokyo". These included Takano Sasaburōs Meishinkan, in which Onoha Itto-ryu was taught, Nakayama Hakudōs Yushinkan with the Shinto Munen-ryu and the Kodogikai of Saburo Ishii . 1930 Mochida Moriji could be won as a teacher.

demolition

In an article in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun on September 15, 2006, the former chairman of the publishing house Toshiyuki Hattori wrote that the Kodansha publishing house plans to demolish the dojo in 2007. In February 2007, a spokesman announced that a decision had not yet been made. In October 2007 the old dojo was demolished. The training should continue in a new building.

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Coordinates: 35 ° 43 ′ 5 ″  N , 139 ° 43 ′ 36 ″  E