THE

NAKATOMI RYŪ
SHURIKEN NO DENSHO
(2020)
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SHURIKEN NO DENSHO

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................. 4

THE MOKUTOKUJI SHURIKEN MOKUTEKI SHINKEN KAJŌ Section................. 6

THE MUDAI-ICHI Section............................................................................................................. 6

THE SHURIKEN HŌKA NO MAKI Section........................................................................... 21

THE ZUMON HICHŪ NO MAKI Section.............................................................................. 27

THE MUDAI-NI Section............................................................................................................... 31

THE MUDAI-SAN Section.......................................................................................................... 35

THE NAKATOMI RYŪ KIKIGAKI Section.......................................................................... 39

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INTRODUCTION

These translations and transcriptions, of which the Nakatomi Ryū Shuriken No Densho as a text is a part of, were
produced in the interests of the American Federation of Jujutsu . Any party or person is free to avail themselves of a
copy of this text or any other found therein. It would be appreciated if you would acknowledge the AFJ in doing so.

Technical Information: The document is based upon an original 19th Century piece that was originally provided by
Bujutsu.Jp (no longer extant) and also certain examples that could be found in some of the Prefectural Library websites
(antique books and digital collections). Some of the examples that could be found in some of the Prefectural Library
websites were apparently an abridgment of some of the Makimono scrolls of the Densho itself. These kinds of
abridgments are quite common, they usually mean that the scroll had belonged to another ryūha school that used the
Shuriken-jutsu of the Nakatomi school. Some examples of this do not have a ryūha school name listed on the scroll.
Some Western sources seem to indicate a rather direct association between the Nakatomi Ryū and the Kukishin Ryū,
which, as a principle, in all fairness, does not seem to be reflected in any Japanese sources (at least none that we are
aware of). Most likely, it was caused by usage of the Nakatomi Ryū Shuriken-jutsu within some branches of the
Kukishin Ryū, as part of their own Shuriken-jutsu. That is our opinion on the subject, but personally, I don’t know.
Beyond these matters, the high relevance of Nakatomi Ryū Shuriken-jutsu should not be underestimated, it is one of
three (3) schools of shuriken-jutsu that are famous for their contributions to the element of shuriken-jutsu within the art
of Jujutsu itself. In Jujutsu, all shuriken-jutsu in any given school most likely came from one of these schools,
somewhere along the line. That would be most usual the case. That being the case, as part of the Library Collection of
Shihan Weymouth, it is rather an important piece. The text of the Nakatomi Ryū Shuriken No Densho as historical
document is dated about the 1820’s and as would be quite usual to these kind of 18th and 19th Century historical pieces,
a lot of it is written in what looks more like the Chinese language, and when it does use Kana script, tends to use only
Katagana script.

Many Western practitioners seem to be less familiar with the deeper intricacies of what actually constitutes the art of
Shuriken-jutsu, but that would be expected to change now, since we translated and placed the Shinkage Ryū Tsuki No
Sho which includes marvelous and lengthily descriptions of the intricacies of what actually constitutes the art of
Shuriken-jutsu and simply can’t be beat as a source of information, really. This example of a Shuriken-jutsu Densho is
then even further useful to get a closer look at the details of an actual school of the stuff. Between the two, and
whatever we may have provided in the future, as well as the writings of others… it should be much easier now to better
understand what fully constitutes the art of Shuriken-jutsu. I think some people will probably be quite surprised to
learn just how well developed the art of Shuriken-jutsu really is. But, one should guard against any tendency to assume
that it really doesn’t, itself, have that grander development and is at its core rather simple. Suffice to say that, despite
the seeming obviousness of it all (to the contrary), the art of Shuriken-jutsu has very little to do with “throwing stars”
and similar “throwing blades”. That is a grotesque miscomprehension of the subject, it’s really quite a bit more
involved than all that, really.

Here in the last word of the introduction, I hope to make it perfectly clear that only linguistics and legitimate academics
was applied in the course of rendering translation and the making of these transcriptions, hoping to remain true to the
original content and feel of the Kitō Ryū Hontai No Ben text itself. This was thought best, so as to provide a more
authentic experience that is devoid of 'stained glass' colourations which offers to obscure the text's content. I mean,

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namely, that one ought not to approach such important works of translation, having a biased view caused by insistence
upon interpreting things according to one's own beliefs or martial arts experiences.

Logan (J.T.) Weymouth

Shihan, Rokudan (6D)
AFJ Shinden Yōshin Ryū
Yudansha, AFJ American Judo.
May 06th, 2020

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 THE
NAKATOMI RYŪ MOKUTOKUJI
SHURIKEN MOKUTEKI SHINKEN KAJŌ

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 中臣流目禿糸手裏釼目的身堅箇條
Nakatomi Ryū Mokutoku-shi Shuriken Mokuteki Shinkan Kajō
The Itemised Objectives of Arming Oneself through the Lines of the
Catalog of the Nakatomi School

目録 Mokuroku the Catalog

中臣流目禿糸手裏釼目的身堅箇條
Nakatomi Ryū Mokutoku-shi Shuriken Mokuteki Shinkan Kajō
The Itemised Objectives of Arming Oneself through the Lines of the Catalog of the Nakatomi School

表組 Hyōgumi Initial Preparations

一 向 立合 糸釼 一間
玉糸
-- Onaji Tachiai Shiken Ikken
-- Of the Same Standing Facing a Sword At 6 Feet
Tamaito
a Line of Silk

一 左向 同 一間半
-- Left Side Of the Same At 9 Feet

一 右向 同 二間
-- Right Side Of the Same At 12 Feet

一 後 同 一間
-- To the Rear Of the Same At 6 Feet

一 同 同 一間半
-- Of the Same Of the Same At 9 Feet

一 居合 糸ナシ 一間
玉剣
-- Iai Itonashi Ikken
-- Seated Unstrung At 6 Feet
Gyōkken
Bejeweled Sword

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 一 同 一間半
-- Of the Same At 9 Feet

一 同 二間半
-- Of the Same At 15 Feet

一 同 二間
-- Of the Same At 12 Feet

一 同 三間
-- Of the Same At 18 Feet
四間五間心の儘也
Can be at distances of 24 feet to 30 feet as well.

一 毎夜千打 坐右釼 膝元糸ナシ

-- Maiyo Senda Suwari Migi Tsurugi Hizamoto Itonashi
A Thousand Blows Every Night, Seated with Sword to the Right, Caught with No Room to Spare/Unstrung

一 向 獨鈷流 上遠野伊豆門人勘右衛門ヨリ傳之
三鈷流 遠藤白圭山人龍山先生藤原定賢ヨリ
傳之
-- Of the Same Dokko Ryū From the teachings of Kan'emon, student of Kadono Izu
Sanko Ryū From the teachings of Sensei Endō Shirokei(?) Yamabito
Ryūzan as taught by Fujiwara Sadamu.

一 左向 中臣流工夫也以下
-- Left Side Tactics for this from the Nakatomi Ryū

一 右向 Right Side

一 後 to the Rear

一 立ナカラ while Standing

一 趨リナカラ when Hurried

一 横 to the Side

一 竪 Vertically

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 一 前後二人結
-- Zengo Ninin-Dzume to the Front and Rear against Two Persons

一 前後左右四人結 東西南北
順逆嗚吽
-- Zengo Sayū Yonnin-Dzume to the Front, Left and Right Sides against Four Persons
East, West, South and North
Amid Outcries of Both Loyalty and Treason

裏組 Uragumi Continued Preparations

一 二本 糸ナシ 塩合口傳
-- Technique Two, Unstrung the Kuden Oral Instructions conveyed by Mr. Shiogō

一 三本 Technique Three

一 四本 Technique Four

一 五本 Technique Five

手練次第拾本迄
And the following ten (10) techniques as well

一 皮筒 糸ナシ 拾本入
-- Kawadzutsu Hide-Wrapped Cannon, Unstrung/No Room to Spare 10 Items entered
釼徳流大槻五郎助
藤原清連傳也
From the teachings of Ootsuki Gorosuke
Fujiwara Kiyotsugi of the Kentoku Ryū.

蔭組 糸ナシ
Kagegumi Secretive Preparations, Unstrung/No Room to Spare

一 両手打 四百
-- Ryōte-Uchi Both Hands Striking 400

一 左手打 八百
-- Hidarite-Uchi Left Hand Striking 800

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 一 一文字 一本
-- Ichimonji Straight Line Technique One

一 二引両 二本
-- Futatsu Hiki Ryō Two Drawn at Once Technique Two

一 三巴 三本
-- Mitsu Domoe Three Drawn while Circling Technique Three

一 四目ユヒ 四本
-- Yottsu Meyubi Four Drawn and Targeting Technique Four

一 梅ハチ 五本
-- Ume Hachi Eight Plums Produced Technique Five

一 七曜 七本
-- Shichiyō the Seven Luminaries Technique Seven-

一 九曜 九本各
-- Kuyō the Nine Planets Technique Nine

糸ナシ手裏釼也
The Shuriken are 'unstrung'.

幼稚ヨリ心カケテ自分ノ
覚悟ニ工夫シタル心妙釼ナレハ
必シモ他ニ教ル事ヲ禁ス
一人一傳タルヘシ

When the immature give attention, they will have resolved

themselves to seek the preparations of cunning tactic.
Seeking to establish the core of the Shinmyōken Miraculous
Nature of the Sword. It is inevitable that one will need to
seek out and learn those other things which are prohibited
to be taught from one person to another.

遠藤伊豆介(印)
(Seal of) Endō Izu Tasuku
定矩(判)
(Seal of) Sadanori

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 文政七年 1825 during the Bunsei era
正月十一日 January 11th

授與 This document was presented to

石川八太郎丈
Ishikawa Hachitarō Takeshi

右九曜打タルゝ手モトナラハ
指南タルヘシ毎夜千打
オコタルヘカラス七星ウタ
レヌウチハ指南無理也
* 文中ノ印章ヲ略ス無題

The previously mentioned Strikes of the Nine Planets (kuyō uchi) use just about
anything that was on hand one could use. That is how it should have been taught.
And one must never be negligent about the methods called "A Thousand Blows
Every Night (maiyo senda)". When one cannot use the strikes of the Seven
Luminaries (shichiyō), then one would be forced to resort to something else that
one had been taught. * The seal placed over this text was omitted. .

○ツラネテツホウノコト
Tsuranete Tsuhō No Koto The Subject of Making Targets

○竹ヲ以作ル竹ノ上ヲケツリ糸ニテ巻口火ヲサスニ玉ナリ

Can be constructed from Bamboo, the tops of the bamboo have been whittled off and
notched, use thread cords that have been sealed at the end with fire to lash them
together. One draws the circle on it.

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 ○的コシラヘノコト
Teki Koshira-he No Koto
The Subject of the Manufactured Targets

──布幕ナリ人形ナリ
ツル処口傳ナ

Bound in a kind of curtain cloth, for example.

Can be made human shaped instead, and then
hung from the assembly. There are Kuden Oral
instructions here.

○藁的ノコト Warateki No Koto

The Subject of Straw Targets

小麦売[殻]桶ニ入レルモ吉テキワラノ如ニ
スルナリ釼ノ刄ヲイタハルタメ也

Wheat husks that have been shaped by putting them inside a bucket
make a good target.
Making one from straw is much the same.
They are easier on the blade of a sword too.

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 一柱ノ中星六七寸ノ手裏釼ヲ以平生修行スヘシ外糸ツキ
モノハ此方サヘ熟スレハ心安シ人前ニテナクサミニハ一本モ
打ヘカラス名ヲ発スルカ油断ナリアノ人手裏釼打ナトヽ
云ハレテハ人用心ヲナスナリ人ニ何トモ知ラレヌカ秘事云云也
人ニ知ラレサルヲ以上手トス人ニ業ヲ見せヌカ傳授ナリ下手
ニテモ勝ナリ可考

-- The post would be about six (6) or seven (7) inches from center to outside, this would be usual
for how one practices, so it can catch Shuriken throwing blades. The hanging cord-rope then has
plenty of space when constructed like this. There should not be other people present when you
practice as this would disturb your peace. Only the named part is the actual target, the whole
assembly was not intended to serve that way. If other people are present they could get injured by
mis-throwing the Shuriken blades, that is what these things were meant to be used for anyways!
There is what a man does not know about their usage, and the secrets that a man should not share
with other people about it. Do not let other people see the more advanced techniques that you
might have been taught. One ought to consider that the more advanced techniques were meant to
afford victory!

○ 心敬ノコト
神佛日月星君父師ヲカリニモ的ノ矢先ニナス
ヘカラス不忠不孝不義ヲウツノ具ナリ
摩利支天観世音ヲ信心ナスヘシ
○ヲンマリシエイソワカ 正観音○ヲンアロリキヤソワカ
十一回○ヲロケイジンハラキリク
ソワカ
○ Shinkei No Koto
The Subject of Respect
Even despite the Gods and the Buddhas, the Sun, Moon and Stars, all one's Masters and Instructors yet it is about to
unfurl. Disloyalty, Neglect of duty and Injustice will become a tool by which to strike against us.
Yet one ought to have faith in the compassion of the Great God Marishiten.
○ WON-MARISHI EI SŌKA the Invocation of the God Shōkannon ○ WON ARORI-KYA SŌKA
To be repeated 11 times: ○ WO ROKEI JIN HARAKIRIKU
SŌKA

TRANS NOTE: The first Mantra "WON-MARISHI EI SŌKA" roughly translates as "Is not the Great God Marishiten praised?"

○天狗除ノ方有リ 口傳
○キリンケツ ホヲウ シンシヤ 芥薬ニ加血トメキツクスリ
中ヨリ肉ヲスイ治ス
ネフカ

○ Tengujo No Kata Ari

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 The Place where the Tengu Goblins Go Separate Directions Kuden Oral Instructions
○ Kirin-ketsu Bright Red Resin Howō the Cheeks(?) Shinsha Immediate Close Contact And, for
instance, when to stop using it as an addition to medications because it makes them too harsh. When ingesting it
will and will not help heal flesh. .

TRANS NOTE: There is some suggestion here of coating the Shuriken with medical susbstances, to ill-effect the opponent. As well as
medications used to treat wounds he may have inflicted upon you. Kirin-ketsu is a Bright red resin used in medications, dyes and etc.

○葱ヲ食ヘハ金瘡ヌイタル処破レ不治死ス香ヲアシヽ

○ About the Green Onion as a foodstuff, when crushed they make a good liniment for the scab of a sword
gash when a person is incurable and dying from it, it also helps cover the bad smell.

○腰ヨリ下ヲ切ラルヽ時ハ聲ヲ出シカタシ白キ足袋モヽ引
コシヲヒ不用心ナリ黒キモノ闇夜ニ吉シ白キハアシヽ

○ When running out of options at the time [LIT. "...when cutting from the hip down..."], voicing out your
objection, pull up tight your white Tabi socks ["...recollect your composure..."] before you blacken them in
your carelessness. You will have better luck on such a moonless night at keeping them white if you do.

○早ネタバ草履ニテモ吉片刄ニスレハヨシ墨ヲヌレハ闇
夜ニモ刄見ヘズヌリ砥不光せヽナタメ池ノ泥ヲヌリテモ
ヨシヒ

○ Quickly dull your blade on your straw sandals, you will find it more appropriate when using only one
bladed weapon. One could also paint the blade with a black ink-cake, which makes the blade harder to see,
especially on moonless nights. Casting mud on the whetstone [as you sharpen it] also has this effect.

○馬糞ノ干タルヲ以ヌリチフケハ早ク人油トレルナリ
涎ニテフキテモ吉シ サメ

○ One could also coat [the blade] with dried Horse's dung, or quickly spit it upon the blade when a man is
oiling his sword works well too.

○ツカ糸血ツケハヅラヽヽト云テ鮫モ用ニ不赤銅カ赤鉄ワサキ
ヲロジノ如クナシ麻糸ニテマクカヨシ
何レモ口傳ナ

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 ○ Using a certain kind of yarn on the Hilt of the sword will absorb blood, which is one reason why shark
[hide] is used. Do not use ringlets of gold-copper alloy, when iron is by far more preferable. Using hemp
yarn strewn about it is appropriate, and there are Kuden Oral instructions about this.

吹針聞書冩
These are notes about the Fukibari 'Spitting needles'

○香取流吹針口傳奥儀ノ巻第一
石懸仁左衛門源正朝師ハ若干ノ頃信玄流軍法ヲ傳授シ神島無双
流釼術ヲ卯可迄極卜傳意明流長刀鑓傳授シ東武ニ指南西國
兵法修行廻國ノ頃老タル人ニ出會手裏釼ノ法ヲ傳秘シテ門人兄弟ニモ
不教不傳 余曰人五十日ハカリ正朝カ兵術稽古所ニ次宿シ南部大槻領
山田貫洞順助所也

○ In the first volume of the Kuden Okugi No Maki Book of the Oral Traditions of the Secrets Level within
the Katori Ryū, it states that the Master Instructor Ishikake Nizaemon Genshō Asazaki around the time that
he had begun to receive instruction in the Shingen Ryū, but after having already received Hōka License in
the Kashima Musō Ryū school of swordsmanship. He also had been taught the secrets of the Imei
Ryū Naginata Halberd and Yari Spear in Tōbu, Japan. And so he was already a practitioner of the Western
Japanese forms of the Heihō Paramilitary arts. He had went travelling throughout the country even in his
elder years, and had taught the secrets methods of the Shuriken to men that he had happened to encounter.
Some of his students and senior students were rather uneducated and illiterate, and because of it could not
receive his entire teachings. It is said that there were men whom spent but 50 days and received legitimate
transmission in the practices of the Heijutsu Paramilitary arts. Afterwards, they remained residents in
Nanbu, in the Ootsuki region. Yamada Kandō in the vicinity of Junsuke(?).

四書ヲ舌耕せシコロヒソカニ傳授ス夫ヨリ工夫ヲナシ一流ヲ全部ス
シノキ
幼稚ノ頃上遠野伊豆門人凌勘右衛門先生ヨリ獨鈷流ノ手裏
坐右釼ヲ習ハリ針ヲ打ツ白圭山人龍山先生ヨリ三鈷流ヲ習大槻五郎
輔藤原清連先生ヨリ釼徳流ノ皮筒手裏ヲ習何レモ損多クシテ
益不足ナリ今中臣曰人諸流ヲ合交シテ一家ヲ建立スルモノナリ

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 There were four books written that recorded his oral teachings, as he had taught them. From these brought
together a single school was formed. During his childhood, he had become a student of Sensei Shinogu
Kan'emon, in Kadono Izu, from whom he had learned Shuri-Zayu-Ken "Using blades while Seated to the
Right" [variant of the word 'shuriken']. He also learned how to strike with needles from Sensei Hirokei
Sanjin Tatsuyama who taught him the Sanko Ryū. And from Sensei Ootsuki Gorōsuke Fujiwara Kiyotsugi,
he learned the entirety of Hitō Shuri [variant of the word 'shuriken' that uses tubes and blowguns] from
the Kentoku Ryū. Largely though, he eventually found all of this to be rather insufficient. That is when they
say that he came to meet with certain men of the various schools of Nakatomi, and then decided to make his
household there.

○香取流吹針目録
一間ツモリ敵ノ場合潮合合口傳有リ不意ヲ以勝針色見エテハ
身ヲカハシ扇ニテアフキ落サルヽナリ一半ト云事アリ二ニ至モノ也
一針拵ヤウ 口傳金鍼銀鍼上品也重クナク能飛也本シキシハリ
ト云モノ縫紋ハリヨシツネノ絹縫ハリ吉ハリノミツヘネリクリ
糸ヲトオシむスヒ一分ハカリノコシ切羽ニナルナリ五十本ソロヘ銀
クタノ管ヘ入ルナリ口中ニ入シメリノ通ラヌヤウニ跡先ヨリ薬ヲ以
ツメル 口傳

○ Katori Ryū Fukibari Mokuroku

The Catalog of "Spitting Needles" from the Katori School
-- The planned upon distance from the opponent and the more favourable of circumstance and condition,
there are Kuden Oral instruction to help one better meet these. When it all came rather unexpectedly, victory
can be taken by leaning forward and [spitting] the needles into the iris of the eye to effect his vision. Then,
using the likes of a Tessen Iron fan, to meet and drop him. They say, number one, go halfway. Number two,
then approach the matter. .
-- Hari Koshirae-yō Outfitting for Needles -- there are Kuden Oral instructions about the more refined
gold needles and silver needles [such as are similar to those used in acupuncture]. When lacking heavier
ones, one might be able to send them flying anyways. The basic way it's done is to warp them a bit [so they
have a spring to them when thrown]. The kind of needles used to stitch on a Family crest, complete with the
silk thread threaded in, make a pretty good one. Just soak the thread in some water before you tie it off it a
knot at the base of the needle. That way [an opponent] does not drive you to your wit's end. There are about
50 ways of doing it, including the one that inserts the needle into a kind of silver tube. And the way of
inserting them into one's mouth, but one cannot always spit them out quite like one would intend. And about
what traces of a drug could be used on the needles there is Kuden Oral instruction about that.

一目付位 百中一歩八ヶ所ナリ末々出ス 両眼云ニ不及也

-- Metsuke No Kurai the Position(s) of Observation When walking about in the midst of 100
[people/soldiers] and among their Eight ranks/divisions, for instance. They say that merely using both eyes
is not sufficient for the occasion.

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 一分ノ位 両眼中一歩ヨリ一尺ニ至ル的ナリ五尺

-- Bun No Kurai a Fraction of a Position Using both eyes while walking about, observing every foot
along the way. And every five feet.

一寸ノ位 同 一歩ヨリ一寸ニ至ル 六尺

-- Sun No Kurai a Position of One Inch Much the same When walking about observe every single
inch. And every six foot.

一尺ノ位 一寸ヨリ一尺ニ至ル 一間半

口傳 一尺二尺
コナ フルイ
-- Shaku No Kurai A Position of One Foot Approaching to observe every foot by every inch of
it. And the span of every Nine feet. There is Kuden Oral instructions here. Every one and two feet.
It was so, even of days long passed.

一霞 ウトン糝ヨク絹フルイニテイクタヒモ篩跡先ヨリ
羽ノ間ネハラヌヤウニツメル吹出ス時ネハラヌヤウニスヘシ
敵ノ眼中ニ吹入百中大霞ナリ○三ハンノコト
右石カヽリ先生傳ナリ手裏釼ハ十本革袋ニ入テ握リナカラ打也
─如此
凌先生ノ釼ハ跡先トツコ[獨鈷]ノ形如シ白圭翁三鈷流ハ
ナリトツコ[獨鈷]流 如此ナリ長サ四寸手ノ内ニ指ニソヘ
持畳ヘ打ツコト千打ナリ後二間ヲヘタテヽ打也大槻先生ハ竹
筒皮筒ニ入テ拾木五六本ツヽウツナリ
曰人試ニ何レモ的チカヒテ心ノマヽニ釼飛ハス曰人日頃ニ工夫ノ上数
年心上ニ手裏ニ馴試テ矢ノ如ク羽ヲツケルユヘクラヽヽカヘラス
矢ノ如ク走ルナリ

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 -- Kasumi Mist it can be made from grain husks wrapped in some old silk. The grain husks should have
been sifted beforehand, there doesn't have to be any apparent gap between the two sides. It doesn't really
have to be pinched off to prevent spreading or if it sprouts, but one could do so. It represents the opponent's
pupil into which to spit the needles. 100 spit in for practice guarantees a great mist will occur indeed. In the
teachings of the Sensei instructor there is the Subject of Dividing into Three Parts (sanbun no koto)
regarding the previously mentioned usage of a stone, as a Shuriken. One can enter 10 such stone into a
leather bag and then take grip upon it, and strike him. (Illustration here) This was a part of the
swordsmanship of Sensei Shinogu , it is shaped rather like a Dokko Single pronged vajra. In
the Shirokaun(?!) Sanko Ryū they use (Illustration here) and in the Dokko Ryū they use (Illustration here)
instead. They are pretty much about four inches long and about 100 practice strikes into Tatami mat tied
together as a target is used. They may practice striking as much as a thousand times. Afterwards, they
resume at a distance of some 12 feet away from the target. Sensei Ooki would put them into container tubes
made of bamboo cut lengthwise and covered with hide, and would throw them out of it striking as many as
10 times or sometimes only 5 or 6 times. They say that a man should be able to use any kind of target at all,
and so one bears that in mind. Leaping forward with blades, they say a man should have practiced a few
days before ever having tried it, bear in mind that many years will produce a number of cunning tactics to
use. One should accustom oneself to whatever one can take in hand (shuri) of blades (ken), arrows for
example. Flip it over to the fletched side [before throwing it] would be quite appropriate. And this is
something that can be done with an arrow even when one is running.

体堅ノコト
一敵ニ向ヒ已ニ場合ニ至テ討ツニ半身ニナリ敵ノ百中ニ手裏
釼切落スカネアイ真カネナリ左手ニテヒチヲモツ口傳釼ノ冲
カヘルヲ甚忌ムナリ鉄炮ノ玉ノ如ニ行クヲ以釼ノ旨トス敵前
近ツクコト四五尺迄ニ進ムヲ以利トス遠サカルヘカラス 口傳

Taiken No Koto
The Subject of Physical Strengthening
When it has come down to it and one is already faced the opponent, ad he is attacking from the Hanmi Half
body position, even when in the presence of a hundred opponents, endeavor to cut them all down with
the Shuriken "sword in hand" and with your left hand grab at his [his] elbow. There is Kuden Oral instruction
here about not washing the sword at all. Much the same with the musket ball of a gun. Make it an objective
with the sword. When in the presence of the opponent and thrusts are being made, advancing by some four or
five feet with it to take full advantage of it and of what distance you do and do not take. There
is Kuden Oral instruction here.

一釼拵ヤフノコト釼ノ長七寸死地寸ナリ六寸五寸ヲカキル
クマタカ
鑓ノ如ニ三角ニシテ穴ヲツケテ鵰ノ羽ヲ附ル羽ナキ時ハ絹紙ニテモツケテ風
ヲ切ル穴猪ノ目スカシ也猪ハ勢ツヨク横ムカス猛獣ナレハ比ス沖ニテカヘル
コトナシ羽ヲツケルハ工夫 古哲未發ナリ古人ノイマタ見サル処知ラサル処
ナリ曰人工夫ノ処ナリ五六七寸ヨリ下ニテハ用ニ立スト知ヘシ

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 -- Tsurugi Koshirae Yafu No Koto the Subject of Outfitting for the Sword. When the length of the sword
is but seven inches long, then every inch of the ground is upon death's ground itself. Much the same as if a
spear were only five or six inches long. [The weapon, you and the opponent] become something of a three
pointed triangle, it's much like how the wings of a hawk become worthless when it enters a hole, as if it had no
wings. Soon one entrails prove to be made of silk and of paper blowing on the wind. The hole through which
they do so, not unlike the eye of a wild boar. The force of a wild boar is quite strong, enough to disturb your
posturing. And quite comparable to such a fierce beast is the tactic of restricting the wings [of a hawk] whom
is returning from the open seas. But it was not a part of the older philosophies, and was not known to be
observed amongst the ancient peoples, as it was otherwise unknown to them. They say that it is an artificial
circumstance that one must know how to inflict. When [a blade is] cut down to a mere five, six or seven
inches long, then one ought to know that one can make use of the very spot where one stands.

○毒薬ノ事 口傳

Dokuyaku No Koto Kuden

The Subject of Poisons Oral Instructions

○釼ノ数二十本ヲ以五度打テハ百本也一夜千打スヘシ夜中的シ
ツマリテ吉シ音ナキ様ニ布ヲ後ニ張リテ的ヲカクヘシ柱中星
ヨシ

When the number of swords present number 20, strikes will occur according to a ratio of five times that number
[e.g. 100 strikes are likely]. When 100 swords in a single night, they will have struck a thousand times, all
through the dead of night. The sound [of the sword clashes] is not auspicious. Afterwards, bound in cloth, strung
along like targets, upon the central post.

九分位
○吹筒 銀ヨリ竹モヨシ 針ノ先ヘ毒ヲヌル

Fukudzutsu Spitting Pipe about 1 and a Half inches long

Made from silver and bamboo works good The needles can be poisoned.

右至極秘傳ノ書也不可有佗閲
者也
遠藤伊豆介定矩
晴湖翁人曰人
文政七年 (判)
正月吉辰

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 The previous statements came from the Jigoku Hiden No Sho Book of the Most Secret, which
is not permitted for a person to view.

Endō Izu Tasuku Sadanori

Some saying came from the Seiko Okinabito

(Seal placed) January 1st 1825 during the Bunsei era

石川旭齋丈 図一．図二

図三．図四．図五

図六

Illustrations placed for Ishikawa Asahi Saijo

[ lists six illustrations that we do not have to include ]

NOTE: Sorry but we were completely unsure where Scroll One ended and Scroll
Two had begun. Usually there would have been clearly delineated Conclusionary
Remarks, Date lines and Signatures. Followed by the listed Title of the next scroll
and its Introductions. Since none of this was evidenced, that implied the two
scrolls are just two parts of the same level (one document divided into two
scrolls). So I placed both in one "scroll sheet" on the page. ~ Logan

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 THE
NAKATOMI RYŪ
SHURIKEN HŌKA NO MAKI

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 中臣流手裏劒卯家之巻
NAKATOMI RYŪ SHURIKEN HŌKA NO MAKI or,
NAKATOMI RYŪ SHURIKEN UNOYA NO MAKI
The Book of Rabbit Hutched Shuriken of the Nakatomi School

一 大手手裏釼ノ事 糸拵様口傳脇指口傳

-- Oode Shuriken No Koto

The Subject of Having a Sword in Hand at Arm's Length
Ito Koshirae-yō Kuden Wakizashi Kuden
Oral Teachings about Outfitting with Cords
Oral Teachings about the Short sword

一 大極ノ事 口傳

-- Taikyoku No Koto Kuden

The Subject of the Greater Origin of Things Oral Instruction

一 ウテヌキ玉ノ事 鶏卵鉛糸四寸口傳

-- Udenuki-Dama No Koto
The Subject of the Ball on the End of the Leather Thong on the Sword's Guard
Lead weight the size of a hen's egg on a four inch long string Oral
Instruction

一 中手裏釼羽翼蜻蛉血鳥蝙蝠口傳
鑓拵様糸 口傳 羽ツキ
スヘテ羽ツキ口傳 三羽 二羽 結ヒ紙

-- Chū-Shuriken Uyoku Tonbo Chidori Kōmori Kuden

Throwing Blades that are Fitted with Fletching "Blood bird winged bat" Oral
Instructions
Yari Koshirae-yō Ito Spears that have been Outfitted with
Cords Kuden Oral Instructions Subete Hanetsuki Also
Fitted with Fletching
Miwa Three Lines of Fletching Niwa Two Lines of
Fletching Musubi Kami Bound with Paper

一 糸鉄炮手裏釼 玉拵様口傳

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 -- Ito Teppō Shuriken Tying a Gun to a Sword with a Cord
Tama Koshirae-yō Outfitting one with a Weighted Ball Kuden Oral Instruction

一 ツナキ箭手裏剣 矢四寸口傳

-- Tsunaki Ya-Shuriken Flinging an Arrow as a Shuriken 4 Inch

Arrow
Oral
Instruction

一 生捕玉ノ事
蟹爪釼口傳
武備志ヨリ出

-- Ikedori Tama No Koto

The Subject of the Live Capture Ball
Crab Claw Dagger Oral Instruction
Taken from the Bubishi "(Book of) Planned
Paramilitary Preparations"

一 早ネタバノ事

-- Haya Netaba No Koto

The Subject of Quickly Dulling A Blade

一 鶏卵売目禿八方クラミノ事
砂 巴上 蔓茶 比雨 丹皿

-- Keiran Baimokutoku Happō Kurami No Koto

The Subject of the Listing for Selling Off a Hen's
Egg to Disorient Him in the Eight Directions
Suna(-go) Sand and Grit Tomo-ue Bolos
Rising Mancha/Tsuru Creeping Vine Hi-u Northern
Rains Tanbei Earthen Plate

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 一 生捕箭小弓口傳

-- Ikedori Ya Oyumi Kuden

Oral Instructions about Short Bows and their Arrows

一 弓ニテ玉ヲ飛ス事 二絃 口傳 玻 口傳

-- Yumi Nite Tama Wo Tobasu No Koto

The Subject of Sending a Weighted Ball Flying with a Bow
Futa-tsuru Two Bowstrings Kuden Oral Instruction Ha Glass Kuden Oral Instruction

一 音無鉄炮ノ事 二味 口傳
木村軍次源義式傳之

-- Otonashi Teppō No Koto

The Subject of Quieting Gunfire
Futami Two Preferences Kuden Oral Instruction
Kimura Gunji Gen'yoshi and the Teachings about Him

一 糠釘ノ事 泉ノ事

-- Nuka-kugi No Koto Izumi No Koto

The Subject of Rice Bran Spikes The Subject of Fountain Springs

一 連鳥鋭ノ事 拵ヤウ口傳
甲州流
-- Renchō-ei No Koto
The Subject of the Sharpness of a Falcon
Koshirae-yō Kuden Oral Instructions about How to Outfit for It
Kōshū Ryū School of the Koshu Region

一 忍ノ傳 竹沢流甲州二傳 口傳 菊田弥市兵衛

竹沢流赤井姜那藤原定之 藤原寿信ヨリ
傳之

-- Nin No Den / Shinobi No Tsutae

The Teachings About Endurance Takezawa Ryū School of the Takezawa Area Kōshū
Futaden Two Traditions of the Koshu Region Kuden Oral Instruction Kikuta
Yaichi Hyōei
Takezawa Ryū Akai Fujiwara Sadamu Kyōna No Fujiwara Toshinobu Yori

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 Denshi(?)
The Teachings about Akai Fujiwara Sadamu Kyōna from the School of the Takezawa
Area as Taught by Fujiwara Toshinobu.

一 一歩八ヶ所傳 大槻清連ヨリ傳之

-- Ayumi Yakka Shoden The Initial Teachings About How to Step and Walk
Ootsuki Kiyoshi Tsurane Yori Denshi(?)
As conveyed by Ootsuki Kiyoshi

唯授一人一傳 離縁利勝

吹針 口傳

-- Yuiju Ichinin Ichiden The Teachings about Taking Action as One Man
Rien Toshikatsu [Name means "Taking the Advantage to Dismiss the Victory of Another"]
Fukibari Spitting Needles Kuden Oral Instruction

右至極秘事雖奥儀深
蘊心傳也執心令相傳
者非其人四十以色慾ノ情
無之旨傳之猥以若輩
不可相授者也

The previously mentioned subjects were originally kept quite secretive (jigoku hiji),
however, there is also the Okugi Shinun Shinden "True core traditions that are compiled
within the Secrets level". Now-a-days those whom receive the Sōden Transmission of
Inheritance mistake the thing, receiving it in groups of 40 men. Making themselves
miserable by the pursuit of carnal lust, instead of seeking the instruction on it, preferring
obscenity over it. This is not a proper way of receiving instruction for those whom are
young and inexperienced persons.

當流元祖 遠藤伊豆介
藤原定矩文規

Founder of the Standard Customs of the School Endō Izu Tasuku

Fujiwara Sadanori Ayanori

二代 石川八太郎

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 Second Generation Headmaster Ishikawa Hachitarō

曰人齋(印)(印)
(判)

(Two Seals of) Iwaku Jinsai (Monogram Signature)

文政七年
正月吉辰授与
石川旭齋丈 * 文中ノ印章ヲ略ス

January 1st 1825 during the Bunsei era

授与
石川旭齋丈 * 文中ノ印章ヲ略ス

Presented to
Ishikawa Asahi Saijo * Signet seals within the text were omitted

図一 One Illustration Missing

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 THE
MOKUTOKU NAKATOMI RYŪ
ZUMON HICHŪ NO MAKI

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 目禿中臣流圖物秘中巻
MOKUTOKU NAKATOMI RYŪ ZUMON HICHŪ NO MAKI
The Secret Book of Illustrated Shuriken of the Catalog of the Nakatomi School

丸 井ノメスカシ

Maru Encircling I-Nomesu-kashi

The Mistake of falling Face First into the Well

三角
3 Pointed

坐右釼 Sayūken Blades to have while Seated to the Right

[ Sayūken is an alternate form of the word 'shuriken'
]

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 三ハンノ事
丹ハン 南蠻椒 故礬

Sanban No Koto The Subject of Three Pointed Objects

Tanban Earthen Material Nanbansho Japanese Pepper Trees Koban Alum

九分位

Kubun-i About One and a Half Inches in length

吹針ハ自然ノ妙ニテ鍛練ノ捷術トナラテハ得カタシ坐右釼千打ヲヒサモ
トニ打ツヒザモトニテ四目ユイ七星出レハ二尺向ヘ打ツ三尺向ヘ四目ユ
イ出レハ亦三尺向四尺向五尺向ノ畳ヘ打タルヽヤウニ手ニカツキ出レハ
向ノカべニ目アテヲツケテ一間ヘタチテモ手カ定ルヲ持ツ二間三間心ノ
マヽナリ始ハ白紙ヲ下ヘヲキ売手ニテ打ツ獨鈷流凌勘右衛門上遠之伊豆
ヨリ習タル法ナリ曰人幼少ヨリ試ムル処甚妙ナリ近ヨリ遠ヲナスモノナ
リ糸無ニテ手ヲナラスヘシ糸ツキハ心安シ糸ナシヲ以修行スヘシ針ヲ打
ツニ始釘ニテ打習ヘシ吹ク針ハ而后ノ事ナク手ニテ打タルヽホトナレハ

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 口ニテモ吹ルヽナリ 三歩板五歩板打ヌクホトナレハ鉄炮同前ナ
リ 口傳

曰人齋(印)
(判)

About Fukibari Spitting Needles, there is a certain cleverness used in approach to training with them, which
is done on the basis of practicing the techniques for a swift victory (shōjutsu). Rising to one knee from one's
seat to deliver a thousand blows (sayūken chi-uchi), striking while kneeling, it is to make use of Four items
from the strikes of the Seven Luminaries (shichiyō) [found in this densho]. Inclining some two feet forward,
striking at a distance of three feet to the front, that is how these four items are to be proceeded with. Again,
the placement of the strikes are toward the front at three feet, four feet and five feet away, the hand [doing the
throwing] will proceed from the crown of the head where it was raised to. One watches keenly the target and
the distance between oneself and the target, one fixes a certain grip by which to do it, bearing in mind the
distances of 12 feet and 18 feet as well. To begin, lay the white paper mat down on the ground before you,
make the strikes by issuance of the hand itself. Mr. Shinogu Kan'emon Kamitoo of the Tokko Ryū school
whom taught Izu the methods by which to practice it, he had stated that the curious thing about it all was the
people from infancy up always did use some form of this throw and handling method. One closes the distance
between you to some extent, using the ones that have no cord attached, issued from your hand a certain way.
About the ones that have a cord attached, they can be used and practiced with calmly as if they have no cord
attached as well. One ought to practice making strikes with the needles. Begin by using a spike first, and
practice making the strikes with that. About Fukibari spitting needles, they can of course be used to strike
with when held in the hand. Spitting them from the mouth could be used as a secondary method. Practice at
three paces from the target board and from five paces away from the target board. It is the same when using a
Teppō Handgun. Kuden Oral Instruction.

(Seal of) Iwaku Jinsai

(Monogram Signature)

居諸
旭斎丈 * 文中ノ印章ヲ略ス

Given to
Asahi Saijo * Signet seals within the text were omitted

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 THE
MUDAI-NI

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 無題-2
MUDAI-NI
"Untitled" Scroll 2

本手裏釼

Hon Shuriken Basic Shuriken Objects

┌ウテヌキ
鶏卵 長四寸

┌Udenuki Thong for sword guards and spear hilts.

Keiran Hen's egg About four inches long

玉子売[殻]ノウチヘ

一 鉛ヲツキ込候

手ノ裏ヘカクシ持居候クヽリ入
何レノ処ヘモ打ツケ候一打ニテ息
絶候也

Weighted filled egg shell ball used for striking

-- Commonly filled with lead.

Hidden behind the hand or in the palm, strike with it wherever you chose to as you
enter. It is possible to kill with it in a single strike.

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 一糸手裏釼
二タ塩合等ト引
テタクム
引取ヌクムニハ
短キホトヨリ
二ヒロ三ヒロ
見合モノナリ

常ニハ銭ヲ
以ケイコニヨシ

-- Ito-Shuriken
Threaded Throwing Implement
Both were used by such as the Shiogō family, it was designed to be used by
pulling on him with it when he would not come along willingly. It's point of
weakness is that it about 12 to 18 feet long [3.6576 - 5.4864 m], used when
coming upon him.
Regularly using 'Kan' coins with square holes in them [for the weights on the line
of thread] is just fine for practicing.

拾匁玉
籠ニ鋳テ中ニ毒ヲ仕込候

タンハン
┌────────常ニハノソク
└巴豆

ナンハン 白バン

The balls weigh about 10 'monme' [about 11.25 g] each.

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 It is solid cast, there are poisons that are prepared according to the formula below.

Blue Vitriol
┌─────── This one is always to be kept close on hand
└ Purging Croton
Chili Peppers White [?...?]

[TRANS NOTE: PLEASE, please do not tamper with these substances, they are rather dangerous. Blue
Vitriol is an ingredient used in some kinds of insecticides and is quite poison. The seeds and other parts of
Purging Croton (Croton tiglium) are notorious for being poison. The substance is an ingredient in certain
medications, but also used in making certain kinds of pesticides.]

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 THE
MUDAI-SAN

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 四角ニウタセル

四寸

Used to strike by causing it to shoot towards them.

Four inches long

常ニ手ヲナラス
┌三角

長サ壱尺八寸

Always held level and flat in the hand.

Triangular bodied

One foot eight inches in length

大手手裏釼

七寸

Oote Shuriken
Projectile(s) used at arms length

Seven Inches

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 鯨弓 ┌三味セン一ノ
長八寸八分 │糸ヲ用ユ
│

│
└尺カネヲ用ユ袋ニ常ニハ入
Kujira-yumi Whaling Bow
Eight and a half inches in length
┌ It uses a three ply bow string

│
│
└ It would be something of a foot or so long when unstrung, it is always put into
a pouch for storage when not in use.

是ハ場合遠キ所ヲ射ル

二間遠相図也三間
ヨリ遠ハウタス二間
位ヨリ近ハ猶ヨシ

This is used to shoot arrows across a distance.

One launches the arrows at a target about 12 feet away, you are at a position of
some twelve feet yourself to do this, but you could be closer than that.

ハリ

二分 カハヌイハリ

└ハヤキヲ

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 スルナリ

Hari Needles
About 3/4 of an inch long. But sometimes length various.
└ It is used rather quickly.

ネリクリ キヌ糸三ツノ処ヘトヲシ
切テ羽トス

毒ハ巴豆 タンハン ナンハン

ヲツケルナリ

Nerikuri Chestnut (?-)Caltrops(-?) Three silk threads run continuously through it that
have been cut off at the corners.

A combination of Purging Croton, Blue Vitriol and Chili Peppers is applied to poison
these.

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 THE
NAKATOMI RYŪ KIKIGAKI

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 中臣流聞書
Nakatomi Ryū Kikigaki
The Accounts of the Nakatomi School

一 大星ノ傳

-- Ooboshi No Tsutae
The Teachings about the Major Stars

一 運氣ヲ見テ勝利吉凶知事

-- It is to know how to observe the outplay of fate, good luck or bad luck, to
determine victory by.

一 五行星二十八宿紫微垣大垣天子垣ヲ見テ勝利
吉凶ヲ知事

-- This concerns itself with the Divination and Astrological systems of the Gogyō Five Phasic
Elements, the Stars of the 28 Celestial Mansions and the Temple villages of the Celestial King.
Using these to make determines on how and when to take victory.

一 火色日月色ヲ見テ吉凶ヲ知事

-- The colour of the flames of a fire by day and by night, used to determine good
luck and bad luck.

一 人声ヲ聞テ吉凶勝利ヲ知ル事

-- Knowing how to determine good and bad luck in the act of taking victory by the
listening to the sound of the human voice.

一 大勢ニ出會ヤウノ事

-- The subject of what is evident in chance encounters

when in greater numbers of people.

一 敵陣ヲ見テ籏魂人魂見様ノ事

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 -- The subject of what one can observe an enemy encampment and the
spirits of the people in it, as well as the disembodied spirits about it.

一 敵強弱見様ノ事

-- What one can observe about and how to use the

strengths and weaknesses of an enemy.

一 道具クラヘ早備立直様秘傳事

-- The secret teachings about how to quickly make eating and other
utensils when standing true against circumstance but disadvantaged.

一 電光石火水月間ニ髪ノ事

-- The subject of the flashing glimpses that are taken while stealing glances at the
hair stylings people have through the course of an episode or event (suigetsu).

一 活人刀殺人刀ノ事

-- The subject of the Sword that spares life (katsujin-tō) and the Sword that takes
life (satsujin-tō).

一 卍字輪鉾心身一致ノ事

-- The Manji character and the wheeling loops of the long-handled lance being
rather as if one and the same.

一 禪家死生自在三要三玄五位君臣ノ事

-- The three axis of the three mysteries and five positions of how the practitioners
of Zen [Buddhism] deal freely in matters of life and death within the relationship
of master and servant.

一 臨濟八境ノ事

-- The subject of being confronted on all eight sides.

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 一 淀川野川谷川ノ事

-- The subject of Yodogawa Nogawa Tanigawa

一 啄卵君臣和合ノ事

-- (?-)The subject of the early stages of harmonising in the relationship of master

and servant(-?)

一 龍虎三畧ノ事

-- The subject of the dragon and tiger (ryūko) from the writings of
the Sanryaku "Three Strategies".

一 黄帝握奇評権圖ナク孔明八陣術ナキ事

-- The artifice of Kōmei Hachijin [Ch. Kǒng míng bāzhèn] as represented in the
Kōtei Akki Hyōken [Ch. Huáng dìwòqí píngquán] which had no illustrations.

一 序破急ノ事 行軍ノ事

-- The subject the Jōhakyu context of Beginning, Middle and End The subject
of Marching.

一 試心動鬼神事

-- The investigative mind-set of the movements and actions of the Fierce Gods

一 神禮勧請ノ事

-- The subject of placing petitions for the intercession of the Deities.

一 橘家神軍浪立足水銀体ノ事

-- The subject of the waves of the Silver bodied foot soldiers of the Divine
Military of the Kikke Shingun "House of the Mandarin Orange Groves" as they
march through the waters.

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 一 六具堅様ノ事

-- The subject of the six pieces of equipment that can be relied upon.

一 首取様ノ事

-- The subject of using Neck/?/Wrist Capture (kubi tori).

一 一番鑓入様ノ事

-- The subject of which spear is best to enter with.

一 夜討フセキノ事外ハ軍禮ニ学テ知ヘシ

-- Beyond the subject of attacks by night, one ought to have studied Military affairs.

各口授可秘々々
文政七年 曰人齋(印)
正月吉辰 (判)

旭齋丈

-- All Kūju Oral instructions are maintained a deep secret.

1825 during Bunsei era (Seal of) Iwaku Jinsai(?)
A Lucky day January (monogram seal)
(?)Kyossai Takeshi(?)

即死ノ方
矢ツホ分寸傳

-- The Ways of Instant Death

Teachings about arrowheads that are an inch and a quarter long/wide.

一 一歩八ヶ所ハアゴノトマリニ疵ツケハ薬用シテ不治
死ス 大秘方

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 -- Level one of the Eight Items and what follows them, when rendering medical
treatment for wounds and injuries, there are those which are incurable. There are
important secret methods.

○両アゴ 目禿中臣流圖物秘中巻

○ Ryōago Both Jaw-lines Mokutoku Nakatomi Ryū Zumon Hichū No Maki

The Secret Book of the Itemised Objectives of Arming Oneself through the Nakatomi School

○目フタツカヒ

○ Me-futatsukahi Between both eyes

○耳門左右

○ Jimon Sayū Left and Right Gate of the Ear

○耳ノ後骨 ○米カミ左右 ○咽笛高骨 八ヶ所ナリ

○ Mimi No ○ Komegami Migi Hidari ○ Nodofue Takahone

Gokotsu Left and right side of the 'Rice High bone of the throat (adam's
Bone-ridge behind the ear chewer'. apple?)
Eight points total between all of these.

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 一歩針ヲ刺テモ死ス急所ナリ 両アゴノハツレハ
キスツケハ不治シテツ井死症ニ至ル大妙所ナリ
ケンヘキ
外ニ○肩井ニ針深クサセハ死ス活法ヲ以スレハ活ルナリ

One step in and stab with the needle can cause death in certain of these Kyūsho vital points. When wounding
him at the outer edge along Ryōago Both Jaw-lines, it can cause serious illness that ends in death.
That is a matter of its course.
Beyond that, ○ Thrusting deeply with a needle in the Kensei ('kata-i') "Well of the shoulder" vital point can
cause death. But one might be able to resuscitate and revive a person from it.

キン キウび
○睾丸 ○鳩尾 ○アバラホネ ○ヒサノ皿ケハナス ○向スネ

クワツ
○活ノ傳
イヤス アヲノケニシテ

○ Kin the Testicles ○ Kyūbi Pit of the Stomach ○ Abarahone the Rib-bones ○ Hiza No
Sarake(?) Hanasu the Free floating knee cap ○ Mukozune the Shinbone

○ Katsu No Den the Teachings about Resuscitation

Used to cure with. When and where one can, anyways.

○アテミニ悶絶シタルモノ丹田氣海力ラヲ入吽トヲセハ息フキカヘス
ホソ[臍]ノ下三寸
○大手リケン

脇サシヲ以敵ノ心頭ニムナサキヘ打込ナリ 糸ツキ也

○毒釼ノ傳

○ When attacked it causes fainting in agony, characterised by forceful grumbling throughout the bowels and belly
(tanden kikai) and his breathing becomes laboured.
Three inches below the navel.
○ Oo-shuriken (Oode-riken) Projectiles of arms length

Using the point of a Wakizashi to thrust at the heart and head of the opponent. It has cording.

○ Dokken No Tsutae Teachings on poisoning blades

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 ○釼横ニ目ニアタル時ニ毒氣フレシム刺スノミニカヽワラス

○ウテヌキ玉ノ傳

○ One uses this to attack his eyes by smearing it on the flat of the blade and introducing the poison vapors to his
face [by placing the blade under his nose, or rubbing some across his face under the eyes and nose] irregardless of
whether or not you stab him with [the dagger or short sword].

○ Udenuki-dama No Den
The Teachings about attaching Weighted Balls
to the on hand-guard or pommel of a sword

○鶏卵ノ中ヘ鉛ヲツキ込ミ穴ヲ十文字ニ明ル也竹ヲサシヲキテ
ナマリトカシコメハ出ルナリ岩ヲ以形ニツクリ二ツニ割ル手段也
糸ヲ以四寸定メツカミカクシモツ一打ニテ骨ヲ砕ク也

○生捕カニ玉ノ事
人ヲ打コシテ引ヨセカタニ引カケテ引トヽムル武備志ニ
有処ノ圖ニモ有リ

○座敷弓ノコト ヤノネ
○ A lead filled hen's egg that is used to strike, striking cross-wise to the orifices. One can also use a piece of
bamboo has a handle for such a device, or fill one end with lead to use as a blunt instrument. They can also
be made in the shape of a rock, then split in two, and used in various hand techniques. Strung together, or
strung onto something, they hand down about four inches from the grip. One strikes to crush the bone.

○ Ikedori Kani Tama No Koto

The Subject of using Weighted Balls to make the Capture
One strikes a man and then pulls him along by the shoulder, jerking him this way and jerking him that way
to capture him. In the Bubishi "(Book of) Planned Paramilitary Preparations", there are illustrations of them
and how they are used.

○ Zashiki Yumi No Koto Ya-no-ne

The Subject of Archery from the Tatami mats and the Arrowheads used.

○矢ノ羽ノユハツニ鉛ヲ入ルカ鏃ニ鉛ヲ入重クシテツカミタル
処ノ上ニカケテ射ル矢人ヲ射留レトモ其箭戸襖ヲ射通
スコトナリ横ニ箟アタルユヘナリ

○弓ニテ玉飛シノコト

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 ○ Binding or unbinding the Fletching feathers of the arrow, the metal lead is introduced to the arrowheads, the lead is
being used to increase their weight for a sharper bite. Lifting and knocking the arrow to shoot it, there is also how to stop
a man from firing an arrow to consider. And there is how to fire arrows from and through the Japanese style Sliding panel
doors. And how to shoot sideways through the shafts of bamboo.

○ Yumi Nite Tama (Wo) Tobashi No Koto

The Subject of Sending Weighted Balls Flying with a Bow

○弓ニ二本弦ヲカケ皮ニテ玉ノフクミヲコシラヘ引シホルトキニ
前ノ方フクラミ引クナリ左ナケレハ己■カイナヲ玉ニテ打ヌクユヘ
ナリ井ンサイクウノ如クニツルヲ引ヘシ

○紙筒ノコト

○ The bow is to be slung with a two-ply bowstring, the weighted ball is enclosed in a leather pouch, it faces forward as the
bow is pulled. The bow string should not be pulled open to the left side. One should be careful not to strike oneself with
the weighted ball. That is a matter of the technique used to pull the bowstring.

○ Kamidzutsu No Koto
The Subject of the Layered Paper Cannons

○紙ニヤキメウハン水ヲ引干シ五拾枚ホトクルヽヽト巻テ末ヲ糸ニテ
ぎリヽヽト巻留ルヤキキリテテ口火ノ処ヲ明ケ口薬ヲサシヲク也
一ト鉄炮ハ用ルナリ筒ノ上ヲ糸ニテマクヘシ二度トハ用立ス

○釘泉ノコト泉ハ銭ノコト也

○ The paper is layered and formed while wet by pulling it over [its mold], then allowed to air dry. It is formed of some 15
layers which have been wound about. The ends are then stitched tightly together with silk thread to help stop it from
unwinding. One then [drills] the hole where the fire will be introduced, and trim the hole where the chemicals [such as
gunpowder] are introduced. When making use of this Teppō Cannon gun, it is bound in place by wrapping a cord around it
in two revolutions to hold it up in place.

○ Of the Subject of using Spring Nails (teisen//kugi izumi no koto), it concerns

the subject of a Sen measurement of non precious metals [reformed into?] nails.

○釘一包ホトヘ毒薬ヲクルム酒ニヒタス吉塩ニテモ吉
銭ヲツカミ俄ノ時ハ早ク用ヲナスナリ打ツケ目フタキタラハ
直ニツケ込ミアハラノトフヘ両眼ヲ蹴ツフスカカタメヲカケヘシ
* 文中ノ印章ヲ略ス

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○ They are single layered nail spikes, they are coated with poison, but it also has further uses than this. When using ([some form
of chemical salt]) [combined with the other poison?] one makes sudden unexpected use of it, and rather quickly. One strikes a
both eyes with it, cutting at them with it. You then take immediate advantage of the position that this puts you in. One attacks and
crushes the eyes (ryōgan wo keri-tsubusu) so as to better be able to conceal the remainder of your movements from him.
* The Seal that was placed over the lines of the text has been omitted.

One Illustration here

[we did not have a copy to insert]

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