About name#2

8th shike Ishii Sensei said, “It is better to do activities with Go(号) so as not to hurt the real name given by parents.”

And Tenshin Sensei has received a Go(号) called “Tenshin” from Ishii Sensei and uses it.

This Go(号) is also an old custom in China, and it is allowed to be named on its own.

There are various Go(号) as follows.

・Hitsumei (筆名 Pen name, Pseudonym)

・Gago (雅号 Used by writers, painters and calligraphers.）

・Gago (画号 especially used by painters)

・Haimei (俳名) or Haigo(俳号)(Used by haiku poet)

・Geimei (芸名 used by entertainers)

・Genjina (源氏名 It is used in Fuzoku〔風俗 brothel; sex establishment〕 even today. Originally, it was the name used by a court lady who served a court noble from the name of the Tale of Genji. Later, it was also used by samurai wives, and in the Edo period, it was also used for Yukaku〔遊郭 licensed quarters〕. )

・KyoMyo (狂名), KyoMei (狂名) (a person who composes Kyoka〔狂歌 comic tanka〕 poetry)

・Saburaina (候名,侍名 It was used by a court lady at Court.)

In Tenshinryu, as Ishii Sensei does, Bugo(武号) is given by Tenshin Sensei to those who have been recognized after a certain period of training.

There is no clear provision for this.

Ability and years of study are not so related.

This award is mainly given to the students who Tenshin Sensei often meets or likes, mainly by partiality or whimsical.

As long as Tenshin Sensei is fine, Tenshin Sensei will give you a Bugo unless you have a specific reason.

If you have a special reason, I or Ide Sensei will give you Bugo.

However, it is much stricter than Tenshin Sensei.

(* I think it is necessary to meet face-to-face once, but if you meet our standards, TENSHINRYU ONLINE can also get a Bugo.)

In the first place, Go (号) as a martial artist was not very common in the past (Edo period).

However, especially after the Meiji era, the culture of nicknames that obscured their real names was abolished, making it necessary to have nicknames as martial artists.

In modern times, Go(号), especially used in martial arts, is called Bugo(武号).

For convenience, the martial arts community uses the term Bugo(武号), but it is more like an industry term than a general noun.

However, most modern Japanese don’t know the culture or name of “Go(号)”.

The culture of hiding the real name seen before the Edo period, especially in the upper classes, is now widely seen on the Internet.

In particular, Japanese people are said to tend to avoid using their real names in SNS, which may also be influenced by the culture of hiding their real names in the Edo period.

In this way, concealing first name and last name is called Inseimaimei(隠姓埋名) as a modern term.