property and his school to his student Yagyū Sekishūsai Muneyoshi (柳生 石舟斎 宗厳 1529–1606). Muneyoshi thus became the second headmaster of Shinkage-ryū in 1566, and subsequently founded his own school, the Yagyū Shinkage-ryū. He was renowned as a remarkable swordsman and was the fencing instructor of the 15th and last Ashikaga shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshiaki (足利 義昭, 1537–1597). After Muneyoshi gave a demonstration to the 2nd Tokugawa shōgun, Tokugawa Hidetada (徳川 秀忠, 1579–1632), of the empty-handed "sword-catching" (mutō-dori) techniques he had developed, the Yagyū family became the official fencing instructors to the Tokugawa shogunate. See also Oishi Shinkage-ryū Kenjutsu References Further reading Japanese swordsmanship Ko-ryū bujutsu Japanese martial arts