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Iizasa Ienao (飯篠家直 Iizasa Ienao) (c. 1387 - 1488) was the founder of Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu which is an old style Japanese koryu martial art. His name is sometimes written as Iizasa Choisai Ienao (飯篠長威斉家直 Iizasa Chouisai Ienao), and his Buddhist posthumous name is Taiganin-den-Taira-no-Ason-Iga-no-Kami-Raiodo-Hon-Daikoji.He was a respected spearman and swordsman whose home town was destroyed and he was wandering the land until he settled down near the Katori Shrine and founded the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu circa 1447.
1387 births
1488 deaths
Japanese swordsmen
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