Profile of  Mr.TATSUO II  (no.1)

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↑↓The letters from Mr. TAKESHI HASEGAWA who is a resercher of Myochin and Saotome kabuto to director (above:1978,below:1980). Superintendent presented him the common name 'CHUSO' .
↑The letter from Mr. TAROSAKU YAGIHARA(1972). He is the grandchild of UTSUGI SAKON who acted as NAOSUKE II's personal attendant. and was an army lieutenant general. The benefactor of the director who told the history of Hikone.
Edit: chief MASAO TAKAHASHI
●Let's introduce a part of activity of Mr. Tatsuo Ii in Nihon Kacchu Bugu Kenkyu Hozonkai(Japanese armor research preservation society) and Nihon Bijutsutouken Hozon Kyoukai(Japanese fine-arts sword preservation association).

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Tatsuo Ii of the director engages in the study of Japanese armor and arms for half a century. In addition, he receives the best article of each times and studies them ,and he is the authority in the world of armor.He has also announced most papers of armor and arms very enthusiastically, and has announced many unique works as a professional  history writer,too.
Recent portrait : The director who hold the 'Iai(quick-draw)' sword which the Naosuke Ii used it habitually
Simple Career
 1942 He was born in Kamishinyashiki( town of Hikone city. Far ancestor of his father is IKE SANZAEMON KIYOMUNE. who was retainer of GOTOBA Emperor. Incidentally,a maternal ancestor has NORIMICHI HIKOZAEMON TERAMURA who was fought and died as a retainer of TAKATSUGU KYOGOKU at the Ootsu castle at Sekigahara war in 1600. KAWANISHI CHUZAEMON is related to his mother's family,too. CHUZAEMON was a expert of 2 sword style, and he was sacrificed to NAOSUKE II at Sakurada incident
 Around1948
 (6years old)
He was interested in Hikone castle and the armor in the castle and the library, and came to draw the picture of Yoroi and Kabuto at this time.
 1961
 (18years old)
He graduated from a Shiga prefectural Hikone east high school. He hardly did studies during enrollment in school. He wrote the historical novel in the literature part, and belonged also to the land part. He made a kendo club prosperous, and made it promoted to a part, and he became the first division manager.
 Around 1965
 (23years old)
 
He acquired state qualifications, such as a public notary, social insurance, and a housing site building dealings chief person etc.The "Tatsuo Nakamura office" was established in Hikone city.The side of work and he aspired after the red armor of II family and document historical-records research, and strove for collection of data. Moreover, he began investigation collection of the arms data of every place for the comparative study of armor.
 1968
 (26years old)
While managing a broadcast advertising special agency, he wrote "a history inside story"and broadcast it for about 15years at KBS Kinki broadcast. He planned, wrote and directed the first fictitious history play-by-play-broadcasting program in KBS.He had Mr.GENTARO YAGIHARA and Mrs.AIKO MIURA love these days.All the history unknown episodes of the II family at end of Edo period were heard from Mr.TAROSAKU YAGIHARA (.he is the grandchild of UTSUGI SAKON who acted as NAOSUKE II's personal attendant. and was an army lieutenant general). Genealogy was entrusted from Mrs.AIKO MIURA due to the MIURA family introduction document purchase.Moreover, although the mental inheritor was requested in addition by her as a henchman, I appreciated deeply and it did not use.The MIURA family was the first birth of the important vassal of the Hikoneclan. She was the last princess in the MIURA family.
 1971
 (29years old)
He established the "armor historical-records research instituteof Hikone clan " in Tomachi town of Hikone city.He became acquainted with TADASHI ATSUMI, and he studied Shohonenryu which was the school of the II family.
TADASHI ATSUMI was posterity of HEIHACHIRO ATSUMI who was the the art-of-fencing instructor of the Hikone clan.From these days, he did investigation of old military tactics as HANSUKE OKAMOTO's Kozumi style and other old style,or original art of fencing consisting as Mujushinken,Mutoryu.
 1983
 (41years old)
He left Hikone and came out to Kyoto. And the store of an armor sword speciality'DAISHIBA'was opened at Higashiyama-Sanjo.
 1984
 (42years old)
KYOTO SENJINBUGU Data hall was estabilished at Oike-Nishinotoin. Moreover, the sister store of DAISHIBA "HYOBU" was opened at east of Sanjo-Jingu street.
 1985
 (43years old)
Above data hall was relocated to the Shimogamo-Kitazonocho
 1996
 (54years old)
He wrote beginning-of-a-book data description to the alma mater "the history of 120 year of the Hikone east high school." He offered related historical records simultaneously.
 1999
 (57years old)
Armor and sword historical-investigation special museum 'NAKAMURA armor and sword museum' was established at east of Higashiyama Kennin temple.Koutou shigaku meeting and Japanese armor research reception was launched. And he became the chairman.
 2003
 (61years old)
World armor & sword gallery DAISHIBA was established at Higashiyama-Shinmonzen.
 2005
 (63years old)
He became Mr. OSAMU II's adopted child(Mr. OSAMU is the fourth generation deirect grandchild of NAOSUKE II).And he inherited the remains of noted of the old Yoita clan viscount II family.It corresponds to 19 generation from NAOMASA II.
KYOTO II MUSEUM was put side by side at this opportunity.
 2006
 (64years old)
He participated in foundation of an armor arms special examination organization "NIHON KACHU SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI(the Japanese armor Society of Historical Research)". The head of the examination committee.

←The letter from Mr. HACHIRO YAMAGAMI who is a pioneer of Japanese armor research to director (28 years old of that time)
↑The letter from Mr. YOSHIHIKO SASAMA (1975))
Wearing the reconstruction product of the armor which Naomasa Ii wore