Tamiya-ryū (Tsumaki)
Lineages. Three main lineages are usually recognized as being from Tamiya-ryū: Ko Tamiya-ryū, Kishū Tamiya-ryū and Shin Tamiya-ryū. However, while traditionally accepted as accurate, such classification may be subject to some level of criticism, since Shin Tamiya-ryū is a style on its own, founded by Wada Heisuke and both Ko Tamiya-ryū and Kishū Tamiya-ryū refer to the lineage transmitted in the Kishū domain (now Wakayama Prefecture). Ko Tamiya-ryū (古田宮流). It is accepted that this lineage got extant after Narimichi left no descendants. However, there is a document stating that  Kishū Tamiya-ryū is the legitimate heir to Ko Tamiya-ryū. Kishū Tamiya-ryū (紀州田宮流). The lineage widely recognized today as Tamiya-ryū is a branch of Kishū Tamiya-ryū, also called Tamiya Shinken-ryū. Another lineage that branched from Kishū Tamiya-ryū was Kubota-ha Tamiya-ryū, which had Kubota Sugane as its most famous practitioner. Shingai Tadaatsu(真貝忠篤, 1842-1920), one of the forefront leaders of Dai Nippon Butokukai, is from this lineage. Kubota-ha Tamiya-ryū (窪田派田宮流). The Tamiya-ryū/Tamiya Shinken-ryū is a lineage that got widespread in Iyo Saijō domain (now city of Saijo in  Ehime Prefecture), when Matsudaira Yorizumi (1641-1711), son of Tokugawa Yorinobu (lord of Kishū domain) and nephew of Tokugawa Ieyasu, became the first Iyo Saijō domain lord, taking along with him Eda Gizaemon, a remarkable master of Tamiya-ryū, and Tsumaki Motouemon Mototaka, a master of military strategy. Tsumaki's son was Tsumaki Junjiro Motoaya, who inherited the style in the 8th month of 1797 (9th year of the Kansei Era). Since then, the Tsumaki family has kept the lineage, generation after generation. Current lineages. After Tsumaki Seirin Genshin's passing away on June 4, 2006, Tsumaki Gentatsu became the  next representative("daihyō") of Tamiya-ryū, and his lineage is officially recognized and registered with Nihon Kobudō Kyōkai and Nihon Kobudō Shinkōkai. Tsumaki Seirin's eldest son, Tsumaki Genwa, parted ways and is now heading his own organization, the Tamiya-ryū Genwakai. The US and Canada branches of Tamiya-ryū are affiliated with the Genwakai. And there is another lineage who follows the steps of Fukui Seiichi (1924-2016), an elder disciple of Tsumaki Seirin. They identify themselves as Odawara Tamiya-ryū and the European branch of Tamiya-ryū is affiliated with this lineage. Its current leader is Katsumata Ken'ichi. Techniques . Currently, Tamiya-ryū has 11 techniques in its first set ("Omote no maki") and 14 in the second and last set ("Koran no maki"). Also, there are 10 paired techniques, called as "Tachitai". Tsumaki Seirin also added "kenbu" (martial dance with sword and fan) and "shigin" (Japanese poetry declamation) to the curriculum. Odawara Tamiya-ryū have developed new sets of techniques based on their research of Kubota Sugane's writings, introducing 11 techniques classified as "Chūden" (middle transmission) and 3 techniques classified as "Ougi" (supreme technique).