The orign of martial art of Japan (Hereafter Budo) in our time is often derived from the middle age like other cultures characterizing Japan. In pre-modern time, Budo had been devided into some schools and, in modern time, changed into modern forms through conflict between tradition and modernization. In order to understand a cultural phenomenon happend along with social changes (especially in Meiji era) we should study not only how Budo changed in quality, but how widely was it spread out. This study deals with the problems of spread and popularization of Budo in Ibaraki prefecture. The author was analyzed “Nippon Bujutsu Meikaden” that was published at Mito-city in the thirth-five year of Meiji era (1) to clarify distribution and special feature of Bujutsu (military arts) school. (2) to clarify conditioning for organized process of Ibaraki branch in the Great Japan Budo Association. In consequence, the names of Bujutsuka (expert of Budo) has recorded 1,753 persons in this book, and the items of an account were as follows: Kendoist 820, Kyudoist 131, Judoist 92 and others 32 persons. In Meiji era, the Kendo become more popular in Ibaraki-Ken than the other Budo. The populations of Kendoist and Judoist had many numbers in twenty age, but Kyudoist showed at a peak in forty age. The system of organization was similar to that of Nagoya edition in the preceding report. In the present time, Ibaraki-Ken hold a high position among the Kendo-loving prefecture.

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