Zansai OMORI, the first-generation head of the school, whose home town was Kyoto, preferably practiced kenjutsu (the art of swordsmanship) when young; he subsequently became the disciple of Enshu KOBORI.
初代大森漸斎は京都の人で、若い頃は剣術を好んでしたが、後に小堀遠州の門に入る。