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The Yagyū (柳生氏 Yagyū-shi) were a family of daimyō (feudal lords) with lands just outside Nara who became the heads of one of Japan’s greatest schools of swordsmanship Yagyū Shinkage-ryū. The Yagyū were also swordsmanship teachers to the Tokugawa shoguns.Yagyū Muneyoshi (1527-1606) the first famous Yagyū swordsman fought for a number of different lords before meeting Tokugawa Ieyasu the first Tokugawa shogun.