At the end of the Kamakura period, Monkan, who had learned the secrets of the arts of the Tachikawa-ryu school from Dojun, a monk in Hojo-ji Temple, had a reputation as 'the most effective man.'
鎌倉時代末期、北条寺の僧・道順から立川流の奥義を学んだ文観は、「験力無双の仁」との評判を得ていた。