(Published in 'Hiromushi's diary' in Japanese on 10th February 2013
https://blog.goo.ne.jp/rekisisakka/e/cd8ff2a08eeaec6a9308ffd523ee1683)

"Shinohara Yasunoshin (篠原泰之進) was born on November 16, 1828 in Takami Village, Ikuha District, Chikugo Province, as the eldest son of a mason, Shinohara Motosuke (篠原元助).

He joined the Shinsengumi (新選組 - Edo period policing and militia force to suppress anti-shogunate activities) the following year according to Ito Kashitaro, whom he met through his friend Kano Michinosuke. In addition to the Jujutsu instructor, Shinohara also served as an interrogator and inspector general in the corps.

When the Ito group separated from the Shinsengumi in 1867, both Kano and Shinohara will act together with Ito. They became the royal guards who guarded the tomb of Emperor Komei, who died the previous year, and they were the heads of Kodaiji Temple. It was called the Kodaiji Party because it established a tunsho in Gesshin-in.

On November 18, the same year, Ito was murdered by the thugs released by Kondo Isami at Shichijo Aburanokoji, Kyoto, and three of his comrades who went to pick up the bodies were also killed, including Todo Heisuke. Shinohara and Kano, who were the watchmen, escaped to the Satsuma feudal clan's residence and could barely prolong their lives.

On December 18, the survivors of the Kodaiji Party, including Shinohara, shot a grudge against Kondo and seriously injured his right shoulder. In the battle of Toba-Fushimi (鳥羽・伏見), Shinohara threw himself into the Satsuma army, and after the restoration, he served in the police agency, Danjodai (だんじょうだい also 弾正台 - Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office)​. He died on June 13, 1911, but in his later years he lived a life full of twists and turns, becoming a devout Christian.

Next, I would like to introduce Ryōi Shintō-ryū (also written as Ryōi Shintō-ryū 良移心頭流), which Shinohara, who was born in a masonry family and aspired to be a martial art, mastered before being appointed as a master in the Shinsengumi.

The Ryūso (流祖 - originator）was Fukuno Shichirouemon Masakatsu (福野七郎右衛門正勝), it was also known as the Fukuno-ryū (福野流). Shichirouemon, who has been good at sumo since he was a child, studied with both father and son, Yagyū Munetoshi (柳生宗厳) and Munenori (柳生 宗矩) and learned the Yagyū Shinkage-ryū (柳生新陰流)method. Fukuno devised and named Ryōi Shintō Yawara (良移心当和).

In addition, he added the technique of Chūgoku Kenpō (中国拳法 - Chinese fist art) , which were taught by Chin Genpin (陳元贇), a naturalised person of Ming (明 Dynasty in China), to improve the degree of perfection as a style.

It was from Ryōi Shintō Yawara, that Kito-ryū (as learned by Jigoro Kano) was derived. Around the time of Genroku (1688-1704), Kasahara Shirozaemon (笠原四郎左衛門一春) (Juraku 柔楽), a feudal lord (藩士 - Hanshi) of the Chikuzen Fukuoka domain, came out and became popular. Then, Ichiharu's high-ranking younger brother, Naotomo Mori hachiroemon, served the Kurume clan in 1717, and the tradition continued until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.

The lifeline of the same ryū was maintained even after the restoration. In 1883 (Meiji 16), Nakamura Hansuke (中村半助) and Uehara Shōgo (上原 庄吾) were appointed as Jūjutsu 'Sewa-yaku' (世話役 - lit. managers, but actually Shihan teachers) of the Metropolitan Police Department. "

The photo of Shinohara (above) is from the Japanese blog:
https://blog.goo.ne.jp/oninofukutyou-hizikata/e/b85e3712816a7d8ea903d8c973b74c89

which states that Shinohara learned the following ryūha (流派 - schools):
Jūjutsu (柔術)・Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心頭流)
Kenjutsu (剣術 - sword) Yōjin-ryū (要心流)
Sōjutsu (槍術 - spear) - Hōzōin-ryū (宝蔵院流)