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Trace the history
People, places and documents will be connected through explicit sources.
Explore historyShinkage-ryu Hikita-den
新陰流 疋田伝肥後 新陰流
A bilingual record of the transmission, history, practice and documentary heritage of Shinkage-ryu Hikita-den, also identified here as Higo Shinkage-ryu. Verified material will be published progressively.
Record and transmission
Documenting a living tradition
This site is being developed both as a documentary archive and as a record of present-day practice. Unknown details will remain visibly unresolved until suitable evidence is available.
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Three ways into the tradition
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Read the transmission
Lineage relationships will be recorded with their evidence and uncertainty.
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Understand practice
Forms, equipment and the training environment will be documented in context.
Explore practiceReader interest
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Digital archive
Recording provenance as well as objects
Documents, transmission texts, photographs and demonstration records will be catalogued with dates, sources and rights information.
Source material is under review
Explore the archiveEditorial policy
Keeping evidence, transmission and interpretation distinct
The site is structured to identify documented facts, primary sources, current scholarship, oral transmission and authorial interpretation wherever possible.
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A record of practice and activity
Demonstrations, seminars and research activity will be published only after dates, locations, organisers and records have been checked.
Activity records are in preparation
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Observation and practice
Practical information for prospective visitors will be limited to confirmed details.