According to that, Ganryu Kojiro was a vassal of Seigen TODA; he always acted as the opponent for Seigen at lessons of the sword, and became to use a thick and long sword of san-shaku (ninety centimeters length); at the age of eighteen, he developed his own style and called himself Ganryu.
これによると巌流小次郎は富田勢源の家人で、常に勢源の打太刀を勤め三尺の太刀を扱えるようになり、18歳で自流を立て巌流と号した。