Qui a fondé Enmei-ryū ?

Enmei-ryū a été fondé par Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1583–1645).

Où et quand Enmei-ryū a-t-il vu le jour ?

Enmei-ryū est originaire de Japan et date de l'Edo period.

Qu'est-ce que Enmei-ryū met en avant ?

Enmei-ryū met l'accent sur Two-sword method (nitō), Thrown blade (tōken), Domain transmission.

Quelles armes Enmei-ryū utilise-t-il ?

Enmei-ryū s'entraîne avec Katana, Wakizashi, Tantō.

Enmei-ryū, Ryūpedia

Enmei-ryū is a school of Japanese swordsmanship founded by Miyamoto Musashi before he formulated the two-sword tradition later known as Niten Ichi-ryū. Broader than that better-known school, it also included the throwing of the short sword and dagger, and was carried through the Edo period in the Owari, Okazaki and Tatsuno domains.

Miyamoto Musashi's early two-sword school

Enmei-ryū (円明流) is a school of Japanese swordsmanship founded by Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1583–1645) before he formulated the two-sword tradition later known as Niten Ichi-ryū. Unlike that better-known school, Enmei-ryū also took in techniques beyond the sword, including the throwing of the short sword and dagger.

A painted portrait of Miyamoto Musashi standing with a long and short sword drawn in the two-sword stance. — Miyamoto Musashi, founder of Enmei-ryū. Portrait of Miyamoto Musashi, Edo period, public domain by age (via Wikimedia Commons). A period portrait of Miyamoto Musashi, the swordsman who founded this early two-sword school; his stance reflects the nitō method the tradition is built on.

Transmission through the domains

Enmei-ryū was carried through the Edo period in several domains, among them Owari, Okazaki and Tatsuno, where it was handed down as a distinct line of Musashi's teaching. A separately transmitted school of similar name, the Musashi Enmei-ryū of the Tottori domain, differs markedly in its forms and technique, and though both descend from Musashi they should not be treated as one school.

The first shape of the two-sword idea that Musashi would later refine.

Legacy in the Musashi tradition

The domain lines of Enmei-ryū were transmitted into the closing years of the Edo period, but the branch does not survive as a prominent independent tradition today. Musashi's two-sword swordsmanship lives on chiefly through Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū, the school with which his name is now most closely associated in Japan.