{{Short description|Japanese term for any kind of Japanese school of traditional arts}} {{for multi|the professional sumo wrestler|Kōryū Tadaharu|the ''Kōryū''-class midget submarine|Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine|the fictional ship ''Koryu''|Sky Girls}} {{Italic title|reason=:Category:Japanese words and phrases}} [[File:Miyako Ko-ryu 都古流 005.jpg|thumb|Various ''Miyako Ko-ryū'' ''ikebana'' arrangements shown at the Meguro Gajoen (November 2017)]]
{{Nihongo||古流|'''Ko-ryū'''|'old school'|lead=yes}} is a Japanese term for any kind of Japanese school of traditional arts. The term literally translates as "old school" (''ko''—'old', ''ryū''—'school') or "traditional school". It is sometimes also translated as "old style".
==Martial arts== {{See also|Martial arts school}} ''Ko-ryū'' is often used as a synonymous shorthand for {{Nihongo||古武道|ko-budō}}, ancient Japanese martial arts that predate the Meiji Restoration of 1868.<ref name=Draeger1974Page57>Draeger, Donn F. (1974) ''Modern Bujutsu and Budo''. New York: Weatherhill. Page 57. {{ISBN|0-8348-0351-8}}</ref><ref name=FumonTanakaPage22>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBWasQSsb-UC&dq=gendai+budo&pg=PA22 |author=Fumon Tanaka |year=2003|title=Samurai Fighting Arts: The Spirit and the Practice|place=Tokyo|publisher=Kodansha International Ltd|pages= 22|isbn=4-7700-2898-9}}</ref><ref>''Japanese-English Dictionary of Kendo''. All Japan Kendo Federation. Tokyo. Japan. 2000. Page 52.</ref> In English, the International Hoplology Society draws a distinction between ''Koryū'' and ''Kobudō'' martial arts based on their origin and the differences between their ranking of priorities concerning combat, morals, discipline, and/or aesthetic form.<ref>{{cite book|last=Armstrong|first=Hunter B.|year=1995|title=The Koryu Bujutsu Experience in Koryu Bujutsu - Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan|pages= 19–20|publisher=Koryu Books |isbn=1-890536-04-0}}</ref>
==''Ikebana'' (flower-arranging)== ''Ko-ryū'' is one of the oldest and most traditional schools of ''Ikebana''. From it, various other schools have formed that carry its name, such as the ''Nihon Ko-ryū'', ''Katsura Ko-ryū'', ''Miyako Ko-ryū'', ''Ko-ryū Shōshōkai'', ''Ko-ryū Toyokai,'' {{Nihongo||古流松應会|Ko-ryū Shōōkai}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nihonkoryu.org/en/|title = Nihonkoryu Ikebana School}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://art-no-niwa.jp/en/info.html |title=KORYU IKEBANA SCHOOL "SHOUSHOUKAI" - Garden of Art |website=art-no-niwa.jp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011222645/https://art-no-niwa.jp/en/info.html |archive-date=2019-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/exhibition_archive_pages/ikebana/ikebana_koryu.aspx |title=British Museum - Ikebana: Koryu |website=www.britishmuseum.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011222646/https://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/exhibition_archive_pages/ikebana/ikebana_koryu.aspx |archive-date=2019-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ikebana.ne.jp/index.html|title=桂古流いけばな：財団法人新藤花道学院|website=www.ikebana.ne.jp}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://miyakokoryu.jp/|title=花と語ろう〜都古流 いけばな都古流公式サイト|website=花と語ろう〜都古流 いけばな都古流公式サイト}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shoohkai.jpn.org/flame.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608122548/http://www.shoohkai.jpn.org/flame.html|archive-date=2012-06-08|title=古流松應会|lang=ja}}</ref>
==Sources== * Draeger, Donn F. ''Classical Bujitsu'' (Martial Arts and Ways of Japan). Weatherhill, 1973, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0834802339}} * Hall, David A. ''Encyclopedia of Japanese Martial Arts''. Kodansha USA, 2012. {{ISBN|978-1568364100}} * Skoss, Diane, Editor. ''Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan''. Koryubooks, 1997. {{ISBN|978-1890536046}} * Skoss, Diane, Editor. ''Sword and Spirit: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan'', Volume 2. Koryubooks, 1999. {{ISBN|978-1890536053}} * Skoss, Diane, Editor. ''Keiko Shokon: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan'', Volume 3. Koryubooks, 2002. {{ISBN|978-1890536060}}
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