Editing Bujinkan (section)

===Origins===
Almost all of the martial arts/ryuha in the Bujinkan are listed with their historical lineages in the ''Bugei Ryuha Daijiten'' (''Encyclopedia of Martial Art Schools'', researched by Watatani Kiyoshi and Yamada Tadashi and first published in 1963).<ref name="scholar.harvard.edu">{{cite web|url=http://scholar.harvard.edu/chrismm/pages/bugei-ryuha-daijiten-1978|title=Bugei Ryuha Daijiten (1978)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904191109/http://scholar.harvard.edu/chrismm/pages/bugei-ryuha-daijiten-1978|archive-date=2013-09-04|access-date=2013-08-21}}</ref> From 1968 on (4 years before Takamatsu's death), the ''Bugei Ryuha Daijiten'' has had entries for Hatsumi below Takamatsu.<ref name="scholar.harvard.edu"/>

Several Bujinkan ''[[ryūha]]'' were mentioned in the ''Kakutogi no Rekishi'' (''History of Fighting Arts'').<ref name="oldmention" /> Although details are omitted, it states, "there are several schools that are well-known for being 'effective arts' (jitsuryoku ha)". Among the schools listed in this section are Gyokko Ryū, Gikan-ryū Koppō jutsu, [[Gyokushin-ryū Ninpō]], Kukishin-ryū, Takagi Yōshin-ryū Jūtai jutsu and [[Asayama Ichiden-ryū]] (which is not part of the Bujinkan's nine schools but was studied by Hatsumi via Takashi Ueno).<ref name="oldmention">{{cite book| title = The History of Fighting Arts | year = 1843 | pages = 508–517 }}</ref>

Several of the samurai systems taught by Hatsumi such as [[Kukishin-ryū|Kuki Shinden Ryū Happō Bikenjutsu]] and Takagi Yoshin Ryū Jūtai jutsu have well documented lineages with different branches of these arts surviving under their own [[Sōke]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shinjin.co.jp |title=ただいまメンテナンス中です。 |access-date=2014-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713030758/http://www.shinjin.co.jp/ |archive-date=2012-07-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hontaiyoshinryu.co.uk|title=Hontai Yoshin Ryu|work=hontaiyoshinryu.co.uk}}</ref> However, whilst the ninja's activities are well documented, the nature of ninjutsu & the historical context means that there are no surviving written records of ninjutsu teachings prior to 1676.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mMkBFhUKX3oC&pg=PA6 Ninja: 1,000 Years of the Shadow Warriors] by John Man</ref> As a result, some researchers assert that there is no way to independently verify the oral lineage included in the Togakure Ryu tradition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koryu.com/library/ninjutsu.html|title=Ninjutsu: is it koryu bujutsu?|last=Skoss|first=Diane|date=2007-02-19|publisher=Koryu.com|access-date=2011-12-31}}</ref>

In the ''Bugei Ryuha Daijiten'' the researchers list the full lineage for [[Togakure-ryū]] stating the following: "The succession is an oral tradition from [[Toda Shinryuken Masamitsu|Toda Shinryūken]]. Toda Shinryūken Masamitsu died in 1908 at the age of 90 years. According to the lineage, Ikai originated the school, and in the Yōwa period (1181–1182), it separated from Hakuun Dōshi of Hakuun-ryū and became the Kōga and Iga schools of ninjutsu. The lineage passed through Momochi Sandayū and entered into the Natori-ryū of Kishū domain. From the time of Toda Nobutsuna, the tradition was passed on to the Toda family. This genealogy refers to dates and kuden (orally transmitted stories/lessons) about people implying that these people were older than written records would suggest"<ref>{{cite book|title=Bugei Ryuha Daijiten |author=Watatani Kiyoshi and Yamada Tadashi |year=1978 |pages=626–627 |publisher=Various }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mardb.com/ninjutsu/ninjutsu-and-koryu-bujutsu.html|title=Ninjutsu and Koryu Bujutsu &#124; Martial Arts Database|date=1999-05-19|publisher=Mardb.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002104522/http://www.mardb.com/ninjutsu-and-koryu-bujutsu/|archive-date=October 2, 2015|access-date=2011-12-31}}</ref>

The entry regarding Gyokko Ryu is as follows: "Receiving the tradition of Gyokko ryu Shitojutsu from Sakagami Taro Kunishige of the Tenbun era, Toda Sakyo Ishinsai established Gyokko ryu Koshijutsu as well as Koto ryu Koppojutsu, passing them on to Momochi Sandayu, bringing them within the traditions of Iga ryu Ninjutsu of Toda Shinryuken who lived during the end of the [[Tokugawa Shogunate]] (ended 1868). It is said that Toda Shinryuken died in the 14th year of the Meiji Emperor (1881) at the age of 90 years."<ref>“Bugei Ryuha Daijiten” page 229</ref><ref name="martialtalk.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-20024.html|title=Budo Ryuha Daijiten Translations|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011013427/http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-20024.html|archive-date=2008-10-11|access-date=2013-08-21}}</ref>

The entry regarding Koto Ryu is as follows: "The genesis of koppoujutsu is said to have been in ancient China. Koto ryu was brought to our country by a Chan Bushou* of Korea, after this it was brought within the traditions of Iga ryu Ninjutsu, and it’s revitalization in the Tenbun era is said to have been from Momochi Sandayu inheriting the tradition from Toda Sakyo Ishinsai (oral tradition from Toda Shinryuken)."<ref name="martialtalk.com"/><ref>“Bugei Ryuha Daijiten” page 296</ref>