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Saitō Shūdō

斎藤 周童

Saitō Shūdō
1884 - 1969

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Saitō studied under Miura Kindō, of the Kinko ryū, when he was a medical student at the University of Tokyo and, after returning to Hirosaki, he studied under Tsushima Koshō, one of the three masters of the Kinpū-ryū. In December of 1936 he and Yamaya Kozan performed Kinpū-ryū pieces for Prince Chichibu in Tokyo.

Also Known As 斎藤 周蔵 (Saitō Shūzō)
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