天眞兵法九鬼神流 Tenshin Hyōhō Kukishin-ryū

Yakushimaru Kurando Takama, a 37th-generation descendant of Fujiwara no Kamatari, was granted the surname Kuki by Emperor Go-Daigo. He transmitted the family martial traditions as Kukishin Den Tenjin Heihō (also known as Tenjin Heihō Kukishin Ryū or Tenjin Heihō Kukishin Den Bujutsu).

Tenjin Heihō Kukishin Den Bujutsu belongs to the Amatsu Tatara lineage. It is a comprehensive martial system encompassing swordsmanship, staff techniques, naginata, spear, mounted archery, castle fortification, military strategy, astronomy, geography, and many other fields. Important scrolls include the Kuki Sōden no Maki (Kuki Hi Sō no Maki), Shiten no Maki, Kukishin Ryū Kaiden no Maki (Ryū no Maki, Tora no Maki, Shin no Maki), and the 36 scrolls plus 9 supplementary scrolls of the Amatsu Tatara Hibumi.

During the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods, Takamatsu Toshitsugu restored, systematized, and greatly revived the nearly lost Kukishin Den Bujutsu. The current form of Kukishin Ryū owes much to his achievements.

Kukishin Ryū Jūjutsu skillfully combines the strengths of taijutsu and striking techniques (daken). This style is recorded in the Amatsu Tatara Kukishin Ryū Jūtaijutsu Kappō Hen no Maki Volume 34. During the time of Ishitani Matsutarō it was also called Mushin Musō Ryū, but Takamatsu Toshitsugu supplemented and organized it as Kukishin Ryū Jūjutsu. He transmitted the complete system to his senior student Kimura Masaharu, who in turn passed the full transmission to Tanemura Shōtō (Tsunehisa).