Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna | |
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![]() Artwork of Kamiizumi Ise-no-kami Hidetsuna (written as 上泉伊勢守秀綱). | |
Born | Kamiizumi Hidetsuna c. 1508 Kaigayagō Kamiizumi, Kōzuke Province |
Died | 1572 or 1577 |
Native name | 上泉 伊勢守 信綱 |
Other names | Kamiizumi Musashi-no-Kami, Ōgo Musashi-no-Kami |
Style | Kenjutsu |
Teacher(s) | Aisu Ikōsai |
Notable students | Yagyū Munetoshi, Hikita Bungorō, Komagawa Tarōzaemon |
Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, (上泉 信綱), born Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Fujiwara-no-Hidetsuna, (c.1508 – 1572/1577) was a samurai in Japan's Sengoku period famous for creating the Shinkage-ryū school of combat. He is also well known as Kamiizumi Isenokami (上泉 伊勢守) which was his name as a samurai official (武家官位, Bukekani) for a period of time.