(on this occasion , the job as grand master of the art of the spearmanship was made a job for his younger brother , mantaro . （この時槍術指導は弟・万太郎の役職とされる）
he was born as the second-born son of hisaakira oshima , a feudal retainer of akita and a grand master of the art of the spearmanship . 秋田藩士、槍術師範・大島久徴の次男として生まれる。
shinichiro was born in fukuoka prefecture as the first son of shoemon kurino , sojutsu shihan (grand master of the art of the spearmanship ) of the fukuoka domain . 福岡藩槍術師範栗野小右衛門の長男として福岡県に生まれる。
sanjuro tani ( ? - may 15 , 1866 ) was the leader of the seventh unit of shinsengumi (an edo shogunate police force located in kyoto ) and it is told that he was the grand master of the art of the spearmanship . 谷 三十郎（たに さんじゅうろう、? - 慶応2年4月1日 (旧暦)（1866年5月15日））は新選組七番隊組長で、槍術師範であったともされる。
before long , tadatsune shimazu came to hear about togo ' s reputation and , in 1640 , togo won the competition against the grand master of the taisha school of swordsmanship performed before tadatsune whereby becoming the grand master of the art of warfare for the shimazu family . やがてその名声が島津忠恒に聞こえるところとなり、慶長9年（1604年）、忠恒の御前試合でタイ捨流の剣術師範を破り、島津家兵法師範となる。
