References

• Kendo in North America, 1885-1955
  • from Martial Arts in the Modern World by T. A. Green and J. R. Svinth, 2003
    (see also google books)
  • pg 151: Hokubei Butokukai
  • pg 156: group photo including Nakamura sensei and Hara sensei
    (note: caption information is flipped and contains errors)
  • 1999 guelph listserv inquiry
• Hokubei Kendo Taikan
  • published 1939 by Hokubei Butokukai (HBK), author Ikken Momii
  • reprinted 2001 as "Cyclopedia of the Japanese Kendo Societies in North America, pre-1939", volumes 1 and 2
    • published by Bunsei Shoin Booksellers
    • Kenyu announcements: 1 2 3
    • library search (for interlibrary loan)
  • edited and annotated by Eizaburo Okuizumi. Extra material includes:
    • introductory pages
    • Hokubei Kendo Taikan table of contents
      note: parts 1-9 in volume 1, parts 10-15 in volume 2
    • info about Nakamura, Takano, and Mori sensei
  • selected material
    • brief biography of HBK leaders
    • history of kendo in Southern California: part 1, part 2
    • Northern California: Florin
    • Central California: Dinuba
    • Seattle: Hara Akio, translation
• other
  • Kendo (originally Ebihara?)
  • Kendo History (author?)
  • kendo in america thread (see stroud note at bottom)