Tanamo Saigo inherited tradional Daito ryu through the Takeda line going through Tanomo Saigo, and the traditional Emporors lines through the  Matsudaira, Hoshino, Shingun, Aizu and Matsumora clans. note Sadaaki Matsudairi joined the Imperial Japanese Army during the Satsuma Rebellion, leading a group of former Kuwana samurai and heading for Kyūshū. Later in life, he served as one of the head priests of Tōshōgū Shrine, along with his brother Katamori, and his brother's former chief karō, Saigō Tanomo

  The Daito-Ryu he learned from Soemon Takeda was just a branch through the Obato and Yamamoto who trained under Yukitaka Takeda!