Path 1 · 15 minutes
Educational resources
Learn
Four short paths through the site, from the people who policed Edo to the tools they carried. Each uses Dr. Cunningham’s own writing and objects, with the sources marked.
Path 2 · 30 minutes
The tools of arrest
Path 3 · 30 minutes
Ranks, belts and credentials
Path 4 · 20 minutes
The organization and its founder
Books by Dr. Cunningham
- Taiho-Jutsu: Law and Order in the Age of the Samurai. Tuttle Publishing, 2004. ISBN 978-0-8048-3536-7. Print edition out of print; an ebook edition exists.Source B45
- Secret Weapons of Jujutsu. Self-published 2000; Tuttle paperback 2002.Source B33
- Samurai Weapons: Tools of the Warrior. Tuttle Publishing.Source A6
Further resources
External sites, not affiliated with Edo Machi-kata Taiho Jutsu.
- Meiji University Museum, Criminal Materials Department (Tokyo)A museum of crime and punishment in Japan from the Edo period onward; Cunningham researched his book there.
- Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan UniversityRuns a searchable portal of ukiyo-e prints, many in the public domain.
- Ukiyo-e SearchFinds the same print across museum collections — useful for locating higher-quality impressions.
- ColBase, the National Museums of Japan collections database (guide)Integrated search of the Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara and Kyushu national museums.
- Wikipedia: Edo period policeA general overview with references to published scholarship.
- D. Cunningham, “Flakes and frauds in the martial arts” (2001)His conference paper on invented credentials, on EJMAS.
Sources for this page
- A6“Books by Don Cunningham”. e-budokai.com/books/index.htm · capture 2013-10-01 · Original organizational material
- B31D. Cunningham, “Flakes and frauds in the martial arts and the dangers they pose”, Guelph School of Japanese Sword Arts proceedings, EJMAS. ejmas.com · July 2001 · Independent source
- B33P. Powers, “Author lays down law on historical Japanese weapons”, Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, WI). scan at e-budokai.com/books/leader1-bw.pdf · 2006-01-12 · Independent source
- B45Tuttle Publishing, Taiho-Jutsu: Law and Order in the Age of the Samurai, ISBN 978-0-8048-3536-7. tuttle.co.jp · 2004; accessed 2026-11-03 · Independent source