{{short description|Japanese martial artist}} {{Infobox martial artist | name = Fujita Seiko | residence = | other_names = | image = SFujita.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Fujita Isamu | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1898|02|10}} | birth_place = [[Tokyo]], Japan | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1966|01|04|1898|02|10}} | death_place = | death_cause = | martial_art = [[Kōga-ryū]]<br>Shingetsu-ryū<br>Nanban Sattō-ryū | teacher = | rank = | students = [[Saitō Satoshi]]<br>[[Iwata Manzo]]<br>[[Inoue Motokatsu]]<br>[[Mabuni Kenei]]<br>Ueda Isamu | website = | footnotes = }} {{family name hatnote|Fujita|lang=Japanese}}{{Nihongo|'''Seiko Fujita'''|藤田 西湖|10 February 1898 – 4 January 1966}} was a prominent and highly respected member of Japan's martial arts community. An authority on [[Kobudō]], the classical martial arts of Japan & the Ryukyu Islands, Fujita inherited Wada-ha [[Kōga-ryū]] [[Ninjutsu]] from his grandfather. Academically, he graduated from [[Nihon University]] in the department of Religious Studies. From 1922 onwards, Fujita was called upon to lecture at military academies across the country and was program director for ninjutsu studies at the Imperial Army Intelligence Academy ([[Nakano School]] / 陸軍中野学校). He compiled a library, the largest of its kind in private hands (now bequeathed to the Odawara City Library), and authored numerous books & instructional manuals.<ref>{{cite book |title=Comprehensive Asian fighting arts |last=Draeger |first=Donn F. |author2=Smith, Robert W. |year=1980 |publisher=[[Kodansha International]] |pages=130–131 |isbn=9780870114366 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_o73NOjb4p4C&q=Comprehensive+Asian+Fighting+Arts |access-date=18 April 2012}}</ref>
==Biography== Isamu Fujita was born in [[Tokyo]], and studied Kōga-ryū Wada-ha (Ninjutsu) under the tutelage of his grandfather, Fujita Shintazaemon, 13th Soke of the Wada branch of Kōga-ryū Ninjutsu. He was educated at both [[Waseda University|Waseda]] and [[Meiji University|Meiji]] universities, and initially began his career at a newspaper company. He went on to study several other martial arts and was also noted as an author, researcher and collector of ancient scrolls. According to some references, "opinions are divided if he was a real ninja or a mere [[budō]] researcher."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ryukyu-bugei.com/?p=310 |title=Fujita Seiko (1899-1966) | Martial Antiques |publisher=Ryukyu-bugei.com |date=2011-04-09 |access-date=2014-01-18 |archive-date=2014-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201204526/http://ryukyu-bugei.com/?p=310 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
During [[World War II]], Fujita taught Koga Ryu Ninjutsu in the [[Nakano School|Army Academy of Nakano]] (Rikugun Nakano Gakkō). Fujita later worked as a government security specialist. In later years he was influential in teaching many traditional Japanese arts. Notable students include [[Motokatsu Inoue]], [[Mabuni Kenwa]], [[Saito Satoshi]], Fujitani Masatoshi, actor [[Tomisaburo Wakayama]] and [[Manzo Iwata]], who became heir to some of his styles. Fujita left no official heir for Kōga-ryū Wada Ha.
Seiko Fujita published ''Zukai Torinawajutsu'' showing hundreds of [[hojōjutsu]] ties from many different schools, and several other texts on ninjutsu and martial arts. He died of [[cirrhosis]] of the liver at about the age of 68 and likely suffered from hereditary [[angioedema]] (which can preclude the practice of martial arts, although Fujita may have demonstrated the ability to overcome some disease symptoms).<ref>{{cite journal|author=Ashrafian, Hutan.|title=Hereditary angioedema in a martial arts family|journal= Clin J Sport Med|volume=15|year=2005|issue=4|pages=277–8|doi=10.1097/01.jsm.0000171884.12174.6a|pmid=16003044}}</ref> His vast collection of books, scrolls and historical documents, the ''Fujita Seiko Bunko'', is housed at the Odawara Library in Kanagawa Prefecture. His collection of historical weapons, tools and attire were bequeathed to the Iga Ryu Ninja Museum in Mie Prefecture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://romenov.com/daniel/?p=516|title=Fujita Seiko (Isamu Fujita) – The Last Koga Ninja|access-date=18 April 2012}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Bibliography of the main works==
Title in Japanese kanji / Transcription of the Japanese title with occidental alphabet / Translation of the Japanese title / Year of publication
* {{cite book|language=ja|script-title=ja:法術行り方繪解|year=1928}} "Hōjutsu Yarikata Etoki", "Illustrated guidance of Budo tricks" ; * {{cite book|language=ja|script-title=ja:忍術秘錄|publisher=千代天書|url=http://fr.scribd.com/doc/164109401/Fujita-Seiko-Ninjutsu-Hiroku|year=1936}} "Ninjutsu hiroku", "Secrets notes about [[ninjutsu]]" ; * {{cite book|language=ja|script-title=ja:忍術とは？|year=1938}} "Ninjutsu to wa?", "What is Ninjutsu" ; Translated into English in 2017 by Eric Shahan. * {{cite book|language=ja|script-title=ja:忍術からスパイ戦へ|year=1942}} « Ninjutsu kara Supai-sen e » « From [[ninjutsu]] to spy warfare » * {{cite book|language=ja|script-title=ja:神道夢想流杖術圖解|year=1953|url=http://fr.scribd.com/doc/164109404/Fujita-Seiko-Shindo-Muso-Ryu-Jojutsu-Zukai}} "Shintō Musō-ryū Jōjutsu Zukai", "The illustrated technique of the way of the short staff from [[Shintō Musō-ryū]] » * {{cite book|language=ja|script-title=ja:どろんろん最後の忍者|date=October 1958}} "Doronron : Saigo no Ninja", "The last [[ninja]]" * {{cite book|language=ja|script-title=ja:拳法極意當身殺活法明解|year=1958|url=http://fr.scribd.com/doc/164109402/Fujita-Seiko-Kenpo-gokui-atemi-sappo-kappo-meikai}}, "Kenpō Gokui Atemi Satsu-Kappō Meikai", "The technique of strike the vital points from the [[Kenpō]] for kill or revive"
In 1972, a big part of this book has been translated in French by Jacques Devêvre, and published by the editions « Judo international », with the title : « Les points vitaux secrets du corps humain » (« The secret vital points of the human body »), then re-published in 1998, by « Budo editions », with the title : « L’art ultime et sublime des points vitaux » (« The magnificent and ultimate art of the vital points ») (with commentaries by [[Henry Plée]])
* {{cite book|language=ja|script-title=ja:図解 手裏剣術|date=June 1964|url=http://fr.scribd.com/doc/164109400/Fujita-Seiko-Zukai-Shurikenjutsu}} "Zukai Shurikenjutsu", "The illustrated technique of the [[shuriken]]" * {{cite book|language=ja|script-title=ja:図解 捕縄術|date=Autumn 1964|url=http://fr.scribd.com/doc/164109403/Fujita-Seiko-Zukai-Torinawajutsu}} "Zukai [[Hojōjutsu]]" / "Zukai Torinawajutsu", "The illustrated technique of the binding rope"
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== *''Fujita Seiko:: The Last Koga Ninja'' by Phillip T. Hevener (19 February 2008) {{ISBN|978-1436301763}} *''What is Ninjutsu?'' by Fujita Seiko (English translation) (21 January 2017) {{ISBN|978-1541060005}} {{Authority control}}
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