Jirokichi Yamada, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jirokichi Yamada

Japanese swordsman

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1863

Place of Birth: Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 23-Oct-1930

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jirokichi Yamada (?? ???, Yamada Jirokichi, January 9, 1863 – October 23, 1930) was the 15th and last official headmaster or soke of Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryu, a (koryu) of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship (kenjutsu).
He was a student of the 14th soke, Sakakibara Kenkichi (?? ??). In the early twentieth century (1927), he published a book documenting all five classical kata of this koryu that originates from the sixteenth century.