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History of the Koga ryu, part II

PostDateIconTuesday, 03 June 2008 23:09 | PostAuthorIconWritten by Don Roley
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by Don Roley

Part II (continued from Part I)

Years later, a man named Fujita Seiko announced that he was the last grandmaster of Koga ryu ninjutsu. Fujita was a fascinating man, and his story is open to great debate. There are many questions as to the validity of his story, but there is no denying that he was the last Japanese to claim to teach the Koga ryu.

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History of the Koga ryu, part I

PostDateIconTuesday, 03 June 2008 22:53 | PostAuthorIconWritten by Don Roley | PDF  |  E-mail
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by Don Roley

Part I


Along with the Iga, the Koga is one of the most famous names in ninjutsu history. In recent years there has been great interest in the west over ninjutsu, and as a result the interest in Koga has also risen. But the majority of the information commonly available has been wrong. This is particularly true of the internet.

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Emperor Hirohito & WWII

PostDateIconSunday, 31 December 2006 13:59 | PostAuthorIconWritten by Jeff Christian
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by Jeff Christian

Through most of his long reign (1926-1989), Emperor Michinomiya Hirohito was also Japan's longest reigning emperor. Born in 1901 to the Emperor Yoshihito, the Taisho Emperor, he was also the grandson to the illustrious Emperor Meiji, who helped to usher Japan from the medieval to the modern era in an astonishingly short time.

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Admiral Yamamoto: Japan's Naval Prophet

PostDateIconFriday, 26 May 2006 22:49 | PostAuthorIconWritten by Jeff Christian
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by Jeff Christian

In the expansive years of Japan's colonial empire, one figure stands out as premier among Japan's military planners. Isoroku Yamamoto was not merely the best naval strategist that Japan had ever known, he is considered one of the best naval strategists in history. Although a diminutive 5'3", Yamamoto was a towering figure in Japanese military planning.

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May 15th Incident

PostDateIconFriday, 31 March 2006 15:47 | PostAuthorIconWritten by Jeff Christian
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by Jeff Christian

The reign of the Emperor Hirohito, the Showa Era, began as a period of great tumult, and continued to be so until well after the World War II era. An incident that captures the chaos of the period was the infamous May 15th Incident, which occurred in 1932 and culminated in the assassination of Prime Minister Tsuyoshi Inukai. Also attacked was Kinmochi Saionji, an influential politician who was himself a former Primer Minister and had been a close friend to the Emperor Meiji, Hirohito's grandfather and founder of modern Japan. The attempted coup d'etat was a failure, and eleven young naval officers were quickly arrested, along with several military cadets and right-wing civilians.

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