Yagyu Munenori
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Yagyū Tajima no kami Munenori (柳生 但馬守宗矩 1571-1646) was a historical swordsman who inherited the school of swordsmanship called Yagyū Shinkage Ryū from his father Yagyū Sekishūsai Muneyoshi. This was the official tradition taught under the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan in the Edo period. Munenori was a hatamoto, a direct retainer of the Tokugawa house, and was later made a minor daimyo. He is known to have taught sword fighting to Tokugawa Ieyasu's son, Tokugawa Hidetada.
Munenori's sons, Yagyū Jūbei and Yagyū Munefuyu, were also famous swordsmen.
Japanese television actor and personality Hiroshi Yagyu and his son Shingo Yagyu are descendants of Yagyū Munenori.