Takako Kunigoshi
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Takako Kunigoshi (1909–2000) was a Japanese practitioner of aikido. She was an early student of Morihei Ueshiba and was one of the first female instructors of the martial art.[1]
Kunigoshi joined Ueshiba's Kobukan dojo in 1933, while still a student at the Women's Fine Arts University. Her artwork was used in Ueshiba's book Budo Renshu, Fujiko Suzuki's Yamato-ryu Goshin Jutsu,[2] and Morihei Ueshiba's Aikido Maki-no-Ichi[3] and she also painted at least one portrait of him.[4][5][6] She taught at the personal dojo of Isamu Takeshita as well as teaching self-defence courses for women.[5][1]
After World War II, Kunigoshi retired from aikido, and devoted her time to the study of chado.[5]
