Higo-Chikurin school was temporarily discontinued after the Imperial restoration, however, it was later inherited by the family of karo (chief retainer of daimyo - Japanese territorial lord) of the former Kumamoto Domain by the Matsui clan, which was the eighth owner of the castle, and it has succeeded from generation to generation up to the present time. |
肥後竹林派は維新後一時絶えたが、その後旧熊本藩家老家で八代城主であった松井氏に相伝され、現在まで代々受け継がれている。 |