*If one see's any inaccuracies in the translation, we'll be glad to update it. The use of wo vs o in the romanization, is my choice to make it easier to read.1978 Bugei Ryūha Daijiten Pages 626 - 627, Watatani & Yamada
戸隠流( 忍 )
高松寿嗣が編成した系譜である。戸田真竜軒の口伝による伝承と
いう。戸田真竜軒( 一心斎 )は明治四十一年九十歳にて死去。この
系譜によれば、異匀という者より発し、養和年間の白雲道士の白
雲流より分かれ、甲賀・伊賀両流の忍術になり、百地三太夫の系
統を経て、紀州藩名取流に入り、戸田信綱以降は戸田氏に伝承し
たことになっている。系譜は諸伝の資料や口伝を参照して潤色を
加え、文献上実在の人物も実際より年代を古くしている点がある
ように思われる。
Togakure-ryū (Nin)
Takamatsu Toshitsugu ga hensei shita keifu de aru. Toda Shinryūken no kuden ni yoru denshō to iu. Toda Shinryūken (Isshinsai) wa Meiji 41-nen 90-sai nite shikyo. Kono keifu ni yoreba, Ikai to iu mono yori hasshi, Yōwa-nenkan no Hakuun Dōshi no Hakuun-ryū yori wakare, Kōga - Iga ryō-ryū no ninjutsu ni nari, Momochi Sandayū no keitō wo hete, Kishū-han Natori-ryū ni hairi, Toda Nobutsuna ikō wa Toda-uji ni denshō shita koto ni natte iru. Keifu wa shoden no shiryō ya kuden wo sanshô shite junshoku wo kuwae, bunken jō jitsuzai no jinbutsu mo jissai yori nendai wo furuku shite iru ten ga aru yō ni omowareru.
"This is the genealogy organized by Takamatsu Toshitsugu. The succession is an oral tradition from Toda Shinryūken. Toda Shinryūken Masamitsu passed away in 1908 at the age of 90 years old. According to the lineage, Ikai originated the school, and in the Yōwa period (1181-1182), it separated from Hakuun Dōshi of Hakuun-ryū and became the Kōga and Iga schools of ninjutsu. The lineage passed through Momochi Sandayū and entered into the Natori-ryū of Kishū domain. From the time of Toda Nobutsuna, the tradition was passed on to the Toda family. The genealogy includes embellishments by referring to data and kuden about persons whose existence is based on written materials and traditions in order to appear older than it actually is."
Here is the lineage that we know of to date with my notes in ( ) to make things clearer.
01. Togakure Daisuke (original family name is Nishina, learns Hakuun-ryū)
02. Shima Kosanta Minamoto-no Kanesada (also learns from Kain Dōshi)
03. Togakure Gorō (founder)
04. Togakure Kosanta
05. Kōga Kisanta
06. Kaneko Tomoharu
07. Togakure Ryūhō
08. Togakure Gakuun
09. Kido Kōseki
10. Iga Tenryū
11. Ueno Rihei
12. Ueno Senri
13. Ueno Manjirō
14. Iizuka Saburō
15. Sawada Gorō
16. Ōzaru Ippei
17. Tomata Hachirō
18. Kataoka Heizaemon
19. Mori Ugenta
20. Toda Gobei
21. Kanbe Seiun
22. Momochi Kōbe
23. Tobari Tenzen
24. Toda Seiryū Nobutsuna (also learned Natori branch)
25. Toda Fudō Nobuchika
26. Toda Kangorō Nobuyasu
27. Toda Eisaburō Nobumasa
28. Toda Shinbei Masachika
29. Toda Shingorō Masayoshi
30. Toda Daigorō Chikahide
31. Toda Daisaburō Chikashige
32. Toda Shinryūken Masamitsu (step-grandfather of Toshitsugu)
33. Takamatsu Toshitsugu
34. Hatsumi Masaaki
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So we see Takamatsu-sensei helped organize the lineage since it was an oral tradition from Toda Shinryūken. Kuden (oral transmission) was the method of transmission for most if not all ninjutsu. We see the lineage has embellishments early on in its history. The origins should not be taken as fact, yet rather as legend as is the case of other martial arts in their beginning including very well known and documented styles.
For one, we know through the other related ryūha that Ikai didn't originate the school, yet according to legend brought the origins of what was to become kosshijutsu, koppōjutsu and ninjutsu via China. Other legends like Gamon Dōshi (aka Fujiwara Chikado) are listed.
Two, we see origins for other ninjutsu ryūha and non-ninjutsu ryūha in the lineage chart provided such as; Hakuun-ryū ninjutsu, Kukishinden happō bikenjutsu, Shinden Fudō-ryū dakentaijutsu, Gyokko-ryū kosshijutsu and Iga-ryū ninjutsu which should be taken as legend. Why Watatani & Yamada (authors of the Daijiten) and or Takamatsu presented the lineage with the extra tie-in's is still a mystery. This is where the embellishments could be, but we just don’t know.
Three, Nishina Daisuke is credited as the originator after learning Hakuun-ryū ninjutsu from Kain Dōshi and then it was founded 2 generations later by Togakure Gorō allegedly.
I and others have suggested that a (chukōso "rejuvenator") was most likely in the lineage at some point which was probably Toda Seiryū Nobutsuna who also learned the Natori branch of the style, but this is speculation on our part, but a probability to consider. So in the future if or when records of Toda Shinryūken are found, we can at least suggest the style goes back unbroken until the 1600's.
I will also post the 1969 versions and 1963/1965 when I have the time, which are considered less accurate with more errors then this 1978 version including a inaccurate date for the age of death for Toda-sensei in the original printing.
Hope this helps and resolves lots of unnecessary bickering and attacks on the Takamatsu-den arts.