KANJIRO SHIBATA SENSEI
(​射手 柴田勘十郎 21代目)

HEAD OF ZENKO INTERNATIONAL

21st GENERATION MASTER BOWMAKER

4th GENERATION OFFICAL BOWMAKER TO THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN

HEAD OF HEKI RYU BISHU CHIKURIN-HA(日置流尾州竹林派)

After the retirement of Shibata Sensei XX in October 2011, his adopted son (i.e. his son-in-law), Shibata Kanjuro XXI, took over as the official head of Zenko International – the multi-national umbrella organization of Shibata-style KYUDO. Shibata Sensei is a 21st generation master bowmaker, archer, and is also a 4th generation official bowmaker to the Emperor of Japan in the Shibata family lineage.

Sensei lives in Kyoto, Japan where he has operated a ‘YUMI’ or bowmaking workshop for more than two decades. A link to Sensei’s blog (in japanese).