Background
Shigetaka Saburi was born in 1600, Japan.
Shigetaka Saburi was born in 1600, Japan.
He studied spearmanship of the Tomita school under Hansel Tomita.
Founder of the Saburi school of spearmanship. In the Sekigahara Battle (1600), he, together with Nobutaka Tomita, defended Tsu Castle in Ise (Mie Prefecture) against the forces of Mitsunari Ishida, a chieftain of the Toyotomi Camp.