The Kōbusho (講武所, lit. 'military training center') was a Japanese military academy. It was set up in the final decades of the Edo period as part of Japan's defensive preparations in response to Western military coercion, and taught Western-style battlefield tactics such as artillery use alongside traditional Japanese martial arts. The academy was located in Misakichō, Tokyo. It closed in 1866, after only ten years in operation.
References
- ^ Allen Guttmann; Lee Austin Thompson (January 2001). Japanese Sports: A History. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-0-8248-2464-8.
- Thomas A. Green; Joseph R. Svinth (11 June 2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation. ABC-CLIO. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-59884-244-9.
- Gorō Shiba (January 1999). Remembering Aizu: The Testament of Shiba Gorō. University of Hawaii Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-8248-2157-9.
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