Jōsen teaches an unarmed fighting tradition in Iga-Ueno, drawing his pupils chiefly from farming households, craftsmen and working townspeople.

Heihōkan trains the soldiers, guards and escorts upon whom Iga-Ueno depends.

Seishinkan is Iga-Ueno’s most prestigious gentleman’s academy.

Jōsen-ji is a wealthy Buddhist temple in Iga-Ueno.

 Approaching Ueno, a traveller encounters its business before its centre: carriers resting beside their loads, packhorses awaiting inspection, vegetable sellers seeking space near the road. Beyond the gate stand workshops, inns, merchant houses and enclosed residences. Smoke rises through the roofs; a temple bell sounds above the calls of traders. Though the principal settlement of Iga, Ueno remains a modest market and administrative town—a Class D settlement in Bushido terms. Its importance comes from the people and interests brought together here.