Hozoin Ryu Takada ha is a traditional school or koryu of sojutsu, the Japanese martial art of spearmanship. Also known as Hozoin-Ryu, it was founded by a Buddhist monked Hozoin Kakuzenbo In'ei in c.1560 at the Kofuku-ji Temple in Nara, Japan. He trained in the art of swordsmanship and at the same time, the art of spearmanship. It is said that the reflection of the crescent moon on the Sarusawa pond was the inspiration behind the creation of a cross-shaped spearhead. Hozoin Kakuzenbo In'ei figured that this form of the spear would be more effective and this idea subsequently caused him to develop the Hozoin-ryu. The spear he developed would be later known as jumonji-yari and is expressed in an ancient Japanese poem, which is as follows: