NHK WORLD On Demand Journeys in Japan Nara & Yagyu: On the Road to the Sword of Peace Broadcast on December 8, 2015 |
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Nara & Yagyu:On the Road to the Sword of Peace 奈良・柳生街道 “平和の剣”を訪ねて において宝蔵院流槍術が登場します。 |
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Yagyu, which is located just outside Nara Prefecture, is the ancestral home of the Yagyu family, which established Yagyu Shinkage-ryu. This sword art school was adopted by the Tokugawa Shogunate for its defense strategy. Its core philosophy - the sword of peace - had enormous influence on the shogun, ushering in an era of peace that lasted for 250 years during the Edo period. On Journeys in Japan, Stephen Nagy visits the area. The scholar, specializing in international relations of Northeast Asia, is a martial arts master, who holds a 4th dan grade in kendo and 5th dan in Aikido. He'll discover the philosophy behind Yagyu Shinkage-ryu's "sword of peace". |
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