Also Taishu. B. Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. Father of Kodo HORIKAWA. Operated a gold mine and inn while active as a member of the village council of Yubetsu in Northern Hokkaido. Also an expert of Shibukawa-ryu Jujutsu. Met Sokaku TAKEDA in 1912 and studied DAITO-RYU JUJUTSU. Awarded KYOJU DAIRI on 10 January 1930.