Later Years

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Nakamura sensei at 72 years of age. All Japan High-ranked Seniors Budo Competition: Alternate Grand Champion.

Nakamura sensei during a visit to Los Angeles, Ca. (1993).

Photo courtesy Dragon Associates.

Nakamura sensei teaching.

Nakamura sensei performing tameshigiri at Meiji Shrine during the Japan Ancient Martial Arts Preservation Society's annual event on Culture Day.

Tameshigiri at Meiji Shrine: no enlargement.

1994. Nakamura Sensei shows a gift from Power Sensei. The calligraphy-brush holder is engraved by an artisan with Araki Sadao Sensei's calligraphy "Shin Ken Hyaku Ja Futsu".

Sensei cutting makiwara at the Noma Dojo, also known as the Kodansha Dojo. This dojo is run by the Kodansha book publishing company and only the top martial artists give lessons or demonstrations. This photo is from sensei's book, "Nihon-to Tameshigiri no Shinzui" [The Essence of Japanese Sword Testcutting] (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1980).

Photo courtesy Nakamura Taizaburo.

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