Ganseki Otoshi – Noma Dojo (1936)

This image comes from a collection of over 1,000 photographs of Morihei Ueshiba taken at the Noma Dojo, the private dojo of publishing magnate Seiji Noma. The photographs were captured with an expensive Leica camera by Noma’s son, Hisashi Noma, who was among the leading Kendō champions of his time. In every image, Ueshiba Sensei’s uke is Shigemi Yonekawa.