Documented Events in the Life of Morihei Ueshiba
by Stanley Pranin

1883
Morihei Ueshiba born December 14 in Tanabe, Kishu (Wakayama Prefecture)

1900
Moves to Tokyo in September, starts stationery store

1901
Briefly studies Tenjin Shin’yo-ryu Jujutsu

1903
Marries Hatsu Itogawa, a distant relative, in Tanabe. Joins 61st Army Infantry Regiment of Wakayama, late December

1905
Departs for Manchurian Front (Russo-Japanese War)

1906
Discharged from army, returns to Tanabe

1908
Receives certificate from Yagyu-ryu Jujutsu

1910
Travels to Hokkaido

1911
First daugher born (Matsuko)

1912
Leads settlers from Kishu to Hokkaido (Aza-Shirataki, Kamiyubetsu villege, Mombetsu County)

1915
Meets Sokaku Takeda (Daito-ryu jujitsu) at Hisada Inn in Engaru