According to "Higuchi ke Bunsho" (the Higuchi family's document) handed down in the Higuchi family, the head family of Maniwanen-ryu school, and "Kenjutsu Keizu" (the histories of swordsmen) written by Mitsunobu HAZAMA, Jion had the total of 14 excellent disciples, 8 of whom were in Bando (present-day the Kanto region), and 6 of whom were in Kyoto.
馬庭念流宗家の樋口家に伝わる『樋口家文書』や間光延が著わした『剣術系図』によれば、慈恩には板東8名、京6名、計14名の優れた門弟があったとした。