Yagyu munenori biography of alberta

“There may be a hundred sword stance positions, but you win only with one.” – Yagyu Munenori, from the Heiho Kadensho (The book of Family Traditions on the Art of War).

With Miyamoto Musashi known as the most famous swordsman in history, it is only fair and appropriate to bring up Master Munenori, founder of the Edo branch of the Yagyu Shinkage Ryu sword style, and is regarded as a contemporary rival of Musashi’s.

The photo to the left is of a wooden statue in Hotokuji Temple of Yagyu Munenori.

The hyperlink also has a picture of his grave marker, as well as the Priest Takuan Soho (who will will be discussing a little here, but also on a page of his own…)

Munenori was born in 1571, near the end of the Sengoku period, during an overlapping Shokuho period, and was about 33 years old when one of the two most famous periods in Japanese history – the Edo (or Tokugawa) period – began.

Essentially, he was born and r