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Nakayama Hakudô (Hiromichi) was the 18th (and last) sôke in the Muso Shinden Ryû Gotô-ha line. He was born in Kanazawa city, Ishikawa-ken, on February 11th of the year Meiji 5th (1872), and passed away in 1958.
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Around 1890 Nakayama moved to Tokyo, where became a member of Negishi Shingoro's Yûshinkan Dojo. There he studied Shindô Munen Ryû kenjutsu and kendô becoming the 7th headmaster of that ryûha.
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| Nakayma Hakudô was well known also in the Kendo world: he is said to be the only person to have received both jûdan (10 dan) and hanshi ranks in kendô, iaidô and jôdô from the All Japan Kendô Federation.
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| Nakayama-sensei studied both the Shimomura-ha of Tosa Iai under Hosokawa Yoshimasa and the Tanimura-ha under Morimoto Tokumi, and received a menkyo kaiden in Ômori Ryû and Hasegawa Eishin Ryû. Based on his extensive studies he formed his own style known today as Musô Shinden Ryû.
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