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Western scholars are generally far less familiar with the samurai in his original role as warrior and master of arms than in his other functions as landowner, feudal lord, litterateur, or philosopher. Karl Friday examines samurai martial culture from a historical and worldview in this study.

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title:Legacies of the Sword : The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture
author:Friday, Karl F.; Seki, Fumitake
publisher:University of Hawaii Press
isbn10 | asin:0824818474
print isbn13:9780824818470
ebook isbn13:9780585329628
language:English
subjectMartial arts--Japan--History.
publication date:1997
lcc:GV1100.77.A2F75 1997eb
ddc:796.8/15
subject:Martial arts--Japan--History.
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Legacies of the Sword
The Kashima-Shinryu*and Samurai Martial Culture
Karl F. Friday
with Seki Humitake
Page iv 1997 University of Hawaii Press All rights reserved Printed in - photo 2
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1997 University of Hawaii* Press
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
02 01 00 99 98 97 5 4 3 2 1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Friday, Karl F.
Legacies of the Sword: the Kashima-Shinryu* and samurai martial
culture/Karl F. Friday, with Seki Humitake.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8248-1847-4 (alk. paper). -- ISBN 0-8248-1879-2 (pbk. :
alk. paper)
1. Martial arts--Japan--History. I. Seki, Fumitake, 1937
II. Title
GV1100.77.A2F75 1997
796.8 15--dc20 9633624
CIP
University of Hawai'i Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources
Book design by Kenneth Miyamoto
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Contents
List of Illustrations
vii
Foreword
ix
Preface
xiv
1. Introduction
1
2. Heritage and Tradition
12
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Ryuha* and the Origins of the Bugei
13
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The Kashima Grand Shrine and Takemikazuchi-no-Mikoto
19
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The Three Founders
24
Picture 6
The Students of Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami and the Shihanke Line
32
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The Kunii House and the Soke* Line
39
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The Kashima-Shinryu* As an Organization
50
3. The Philosophy and Science of Combat
58
Picture 9
Shinbu and the Martial Way
63
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The Framework of the Art: The Fivefold Laws and the Eight Divine Coordinates
67
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Applied Constructs
82
4. The Martial Path
100
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Kata and Pattern Practice
102
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Historical Problems and Criticisms of Kata and Pattern Practice
108
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The Kashima-Shinryu Kata
120
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Texts and Written Transmission
137
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Meditation and the Integration of Body, Mind, and Spirit
151
Epilogue
161

Page vi
Appendixes
165
Historical Texts
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