Nen-ryū
Nen-ryū | |
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Ko-ryū | |
Foundation | |
Founder | Sōma Shiro Yoshimoto (相馬 四郎 義元, fl. c.14th century) |
Date founded | 1368 |
Period founded | Nanboku-chō period (1336–1392) |
Location founded | modern day Nagano Prefecture |
Current information | |
Current headmaster | None |
Current headquarters | None |
Ancestor schools | |
None identified |
Nen-ryū (念流) is a traditional (koryū) school of Japanese martial arts founded in 1368 CE by the samurai Sōma Shiro Yoshimoto (c.14th century) in modern-day Nagano Prefecture, where Yoshimoto is said to have taught only fourteen students until his death.[1]