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Matsura Seizan (松浦 静山), born Matsura Kiyoshi (松浦 清, March 7, 1760 – August 15, 1841), [1] was a daimyō, essayist, and famed swordsman during the Edo period of Japan. Seizan was a practitioner of Iba Hideaki 's Shingyōtō-ryū school of swordsmanship, in which Seizan was considered as an adept.
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵, c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), [1] was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels (next is 33 by Itō Ittōsai). [2] Musashi is considered a kensei (sword saint) of Japan. [3]
The Shoku Nihongi (797 AD) is an early history of Japan compiled in 797. A section of the book covering the year 723 is notable [citation needed] for an early [citation needed] use of the term "bushi" in Japanese [citation needed] literature and a reference to the educated warrior-poet ideal:to create a folktale
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. Moral code of the samurai This article is about the Japanese concept of chivalry. For other uses, see Bushido (disambiguation). This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all ...
Yagyū Munenori (柳生 宗矩, 1571 – May 11, 1646) was a Japanese daimyo, swordsman, and martial arts writer, founder of the Edo branch of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, which he learned from his father Yagyū "Sekishūsai" Muneyoshi. This was one of two official sword styles patronized by the Tokugawa shogunate (the other one being Ittō-ryū).
Along with the vagrant swordsman Mugen, he accompanies a young girl named Fuu on a quest to find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers". In the 2023 anime series Revenger , the protagonist becomes a rōnin after a meeting with a shadowy organization following an assassination attempt.
Itō Ittōsai Kagehisa (伊藤 一刀斎 景久, c. 1560 – 1653), [1] was a Japanese swordsman, originally named Itō Yagorō. [2] He is attributed as the founder of the Ittō-ryū ("one sword" or "one stroke") school of sword fighting.
Zatoichi (Japanese: 座頭市, Hepburn: Zatōichi) is a fictional character created by Japanese novelist Kan Shimozawa.He is an itinerant blind masseur and swordsman of Japan's late Edo period (1830s and 1840s).