Originally Posted by
ScottUK
YSR was founded by Araki Mataemon.
This isn't the first time that I've seen someone else listed as the founder of Yagyu Shingan Ryu. From what I've gleaned from various websites, the Sendai line refers to someone else, perhaps one of Araki Mataemon's first-generation students, as its founder. If you follow this link you'll see a previous e-budo thread that touches on this question.
David Sims
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