Site of Sadakichi Chiba Dojo

Sadakichi Chiba (?) ~ 1879) is the younger brother of Shusaku Chiba, the founder of Hokushin Ichitoryu swordsmanship, and he himself is also known as a user of Hokushin Ichitoryu. Shusaku Chiba opened the dojo in Shinagawacho (now Nihonbashi Muromachi 1-chome) in 1822 (1822), and then moved to Kanda Otamagaike (now near Iwamotocho-cho, Chiyoda-ku). This dojo, named the Xuanwukan Dojo, has flourished as one of the three major dojos in Edo.　After contributing to the prosperity of his brother Shusaku's Xuanwu-kan dojo, Sadakichi himself opened a dojo near this area called "Kochiba dojo" and "Okemachi Chiba dojo".　Sadakichi's name was called Shinkiki-cho (currently Nihonbashi Horidomecho 1-chome) in the pictorial map revised in December 1853 (1853), and Kano Yashiki in the pictorial map of the New Year's revision in 1854 (from the residence of the Shogunate Oku painter Kajihashi Kano family). ) Can be confirmed in this area. In 1853, Tosa clansman Sakamoto Ryoma (1835-1867), who came to Edo for training swordsmanship, is said to have entered the gate of Sadakichi. At this time, Sadakichi was working at the Edo residence of the Ikeda family of the Tottori clan, so it is thought that Ryoma worked hard under Sadakichi's son Shigetaro Chiba. Also, when he returned to Edo in 1856 (1856), he practiced swordsmanship at the dojo of Sadakichi, and in the New Year of 1858, Sadakichi gave a catalog of "Hokushin Ichitoryu Long Sword Hyoho". Was.