Takako Kunigoshi (1909–2000) was a Japanese practitioner of aikido. She was an early student of Morihei Ueshiba and was one of the first female instructors of the martial art.[1]
Kunigoshi joined Ueshiba's Kobukan dojo in 1933, while still a student at the Women's Fine Arts University. Her artwork was used in Ueshiba's book Budo Renshu, Fujiko Suzuki's Yamato-ryu Goshin Jutsu,[2] and Morihei Ueshiba's Aikido Maki-no-Ichi[3] and she also painted at least one portrait of him.[4][5][6] She taught at the personal dojo of Isamu Takeshita as well as teaching self-defence courses for women.[5][1]
After World War II, Kunigoshi retired from aikido, and devoted her time to the study of chado.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Karen Christensen; Allen Guttmann; Gertrud Pfister (2001). International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports: A-G. Macmillan Reference USA. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-02-864951-1.
- ^ "The Phantom Manual: Yamato Ryu Goshinjutsu". Aikido Sangenkai Blog.
- ^ "Aikido Maki-no-Ichi – O-Sensei's First Book on Aikido". Aikido Sangenkai Blog.
- ^ Pranin, Stanley. "Interview with Takako Kunigoshi". Aikido Journal. Aikido Journal. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Pranin, Stanley. "Takako Kunigoshi, Aiki Budo's First Female Instructor!,". Aikido Journal. Aikido Journal. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ John Stevens (16 February 1999). Invincible Warrior. Shambhala. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-8348-3016-5.
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