CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

1. An Introduction to the Lost School

2. Mubyōshi Ryū Lineage Chart

3. Keibukan, the Dōjō of Kaga Province

4. Training in Japan Today

5. The Mubyōshi Ryū Curriculum

6. The Inherited Tradition

7. The Origins of the School

8. The Martial Arts of Mubyōshi Ryū

9. The Sixteen Poems of Mubyōshi Ryū

10. The Scroll of the Mind

11. Lion Dance

12. Shinjin Ryū

13. The Art of Seppuku

14. Deep Secrets and the Arts of the Shinobi

15. Ritual Magic

16. Kuden—Oral Traditions

17. Mubyōshi Ryū Saved

18. Bonus Material: Chū-Kodachi and Shuriken Skills from the Uematsu Family

Appendix A. Measurements and Numbers

Appendix B. Subjects and Schools Taught at the Keibukan Military School of Kanazawa

Appendix C. Keibukan Military School Lesson Timetable

Appendix D. Scroll List and Collection Record

Appendix E. Japanese Transcriptions

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