Saimura Gorō

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Saimura Gorō ( Japanese 斎 村 五郎 ; * May 4, 1887 Fukuoka Prefecture ; † March 13, 1969 ) was a Japanese Kendōka .

Saimura was a kendō teacher at Miyazaki Middle School on Kyūshū . From 1916 he taught at Waseda and Kokushikan Universities as well as with the Tokyo City Police . He had a great influence on the development of modern kendo. He is one of the only five carriers of the 10th Dan in Kendo.

He is also known from the film recordings from 1953. The ten forms of the Kendōkata, as they were common before the war, were shown. His partner was Mochida Moriji .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Junzo Sasamori, Gordon Warner: This is Kendo ... the Japanese art of fencing. (Berlin 2002), Weinmann, ISBN 3-87892-025-3
  2. ↑ Kozo Ando: Kendou Vocabulary, Toshinsha Tokyo 1995

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Saimura is the family name, Gorō the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Saimura, Gorō
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 斎 村 五郎 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese kendoka
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Fukuoka Prefecture
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1969