Jirokichi Yamada

Jirokichi Yamada
Born	January 9, 1863 Aizu, Fukushima, Japan
Died	October 23, 1930 Japan
Native name	山田 次朗吉
Nationality	Japanese
Style	Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū
Trainer	Sakakibara Kenkichi (榊原 鍵吉)
Notable students	Kawashima Takashi (川島 堯), Ōmori Sōgen (大森 曹玄)

Jirokichi Yamada (山田 次朗吉, Yamada Jirokichi, January 9, 1863 – October 23, 1930) was the 15th and last official headmaster or sōke of Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū, a (koryū) of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship (kenjutsu). He was a student of the 14th sōke, Sakakibara Kenkichi (榊原 鍵吉).

In the early twentieth century (1927), he published a book documenting all five classical kata of this koryū that originates from the sixteenth century.^[1]

• Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū

• Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū