Tsukahara Bokuden

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**Tsukahara Bokuden**  (塚原 (つかはら)卜伝 (ぼくでん), *****Tsukahara Bokuden*****? Tsukahara Bokuden) is a swordsmaster. He made his debut since Sengoku Hime 4, and has appeared in all 4 of the games in the Sengoku Hime series and the upcoming Shin § Sengoku Hime.

## Introduction

**Sengoku Hime 4:**
Founder of the Shintoryu, a school of swordsmanship.
He is a master swordsman and a military strategist with many legends to his name.
He travels throughout Japan, taking as his disciples those whom he considers to be the best and training them in the art.
He is an aloof old man with no real grasp of the art of swordsmanship, but he is still active in the art of deftly exploiting the gaps between opponents, catching them by surprise, stepping in one moment and out the next, and handling his body in the most effective manner.

生きながらにして数々の伝説を持つ剣豪であり兵法家。
これはと見込んだ相手を弟子にしては稽古を付けつつ、日ノ本各地を渡り歩いている。
つかみ所のない飄々とした老人だが、巧みに人の隙を突き、意表を突き、一瞬にして相手の間合いに踏み込み、次の瞬間にはその外に出てしまう体捌きは、まだまだ現役である。
【デザイナー：黒田んぼ】　【演者：真木将人】

**Sengoku Hime 5:**
Founder of the Shintoryu, a school of swordsmanship. He is a master swordsman and a military strategist with many legends to his name. He travels throughout Japan, taking as his disciples those whom he considers to be the best and training them in the art. He is an aloof old man with no real grasp of the art of swordsmanship, but he is still active in the art of deftly exploiting the gaps between opponents, catching them by surprise, stepping in one moment and out the next, and handling his body in the most effective manner.

デザイナー：黒田んぼＣＶ：真木将人

**Sengoku Hime 6:**
He is a well-known swordsman who is also a well-known military strategist. Although he is a martial artist, he is also good at rational thinking and is always imposing because he is absolutely confident in his skills as a swordsman. He has many touchy exchanges with opponents with whom he has become close. He has several apprentices in Hinomoto who have taught him the sword.

デザイナー：も゛
演者：中家志穂

**Sengoku Hime 7:**
He is a famous swordsman in Japan.
He is a master swordsman, but his obsession with women's bodies (especially breasts) is too strong.
He has declared that he will never take a man as an apprentice, but...

日ノ本に名を馳せる剣豪。
その剣の腕は確かなのだが、如何せん女体 (特に胸) への執着が強すぎるじいさん。
男は絶対に弟子にとらないと言い切っているが...

**Shin § Sengoku Hime:**
Founder of the Shintoryu school of swordsmanship.
He has no interest in men and only takes women as his disciples.

生きながらにして数々の伝説を持つ剣豪であり兵法家。
老いてなお不敗を誇る・・・・・・のだが女好きの巨乳好き。
男は眼中になく弟子にするのは女性ばかりである。
原画 黒田んぼ
演者 夏村 伊介

## Historical Information

Tsukahara Bokuden (塚原 卜伝, 1489 – March 6, 1571) was a famous swordsman of the early Sengoku period. He was described as a kensei (sword saint). He was the founder of a new Kashima style of kenjutsu, and served as an instructor of Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Ise provincial governor daimyō Kitabatake Tomonori.

In one anecdote recorded in the Kōyō Gunkan, Bokuden was challenged by a mannerless ruffian. When asked about his style, Bokuden replied that he studied the "Style of No Sword". The ruffian laughed and insultingly challenged Bokuden to fight him without a sword. Bokuden then agreed to fight the man without his sword but suggested they row out to a nearby island on Lake Biwa to avoid disturbing others. The ruffian agreed, but when he jumped from the boat to the shore of the island, drawing his blade, Bokuden pushed the boat back out, leaving the ruffian stranded on the island. Bokuden explained: "This is my no-sword school". Bruce Lee was so fond of this story that in Enter the Dragon (1973) he teaches a bully a lesson about "Fighting without Fighting" when he offers to leave a junk and sail to an island.