Nen-ryū

Nen-ryū (念流) is a traditional (koryū) school of Japanese martial arts founded in 1368 CE by the samurai Sōma Shiro Yoshimoto (c.14th century) in modern-day Nagano Prefecture, where Yoshimoto is said to have taught only fourteen students until his death.^[1]

Nen-ryū
Ko-ryū
Foundation
Founder	Sōma Shiro Yoshimoto (相馬 四郎 義元, fl. c.14th century)
Date founded	1368
Period founded	Nanboku-chō period (1336–1392)
Location founded	modern day Nagano Prefecture
Current information
Current headmaster	None
Current headquarters	None
Ancestor schools
None identified