The Yagyū (柳生氏, Yagyū-shi) were a family of daimyō (feudal lords) with lands just outside Nara, who became the heads of one of Japan's greatest schools of swordsmanship, Yagyū Shinkage-ryū. The Yagyū were also Kenjutsu teachers to the Tokugawa shōgun and descendant of the famous Taira clan, hailing from prestigious Imperial Lineage with the Kabane rank of Ason.
The Yagyū (柳生氏, Yagyū-shi) were a family of daimyō (feudal lords) with lands just outside Nara, who became the heads of one of Japan's greatest schools of swordsmanship, Yagyū Shinkage-ryū. The Yagyū were also Kenjutsu teachers to the Tokugawa shōgun and descendant of the famous Taira clan, hailing from prestigious Imperial Lineage with the Kabane rank of Ason.
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