menkyo
Sign in to savethumb | right | The first dan permission letter on display at the Nippon Kiin is a Japanese term meaning "license." It refers to the license to teach used by practitioners of various Japanese classical arts and martial arts certifying some license within the school or ryū. The menkyo system dates back to the 8th century.
Key facts
- Martial art term.kanji
- 免許
- Martial art term.hiragana
- めんきょ
- Martial art term.revhep
- menkyo
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Koryū Tradition
- Menkyo Kaiden
- See also
- References
thumb | right | The first dan permission letter on display at the Nippon Kiin is a Japanese term meaning "license." It refers to the license to teach used by practitioners of various Japanese classical arts and martial arts certifying some license within the school or ryū. The menkyo system dates back to the 8th century.
== Koryū Tradition == Although it is most commonly thought to be used for classical martial arts and ways, it can also be used for other arts such as painting (sumi-e), tea ceremony (chadō), flower arranging (Ikebana) or calligraphy (shodō).
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