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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]
Sasaki Kojirō (佐々木 小次郎, also known as Ganryū Kojirō; c. 1585 – April 13, 1612) was a Japanese swordsman who may have lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods and is known primarily for the story of his duel with Miyamoto Musashi in 1612, where Sasaki was killed. Although suffering from defeat as well as death at ...
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 "Again, the August Personage said, "Literary men and warriors are they whom the nation values."
A samurai in his armour in the 1860s. Hand-colored photograph by Felice Beato. Samurai or bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan.They were most prominent as aristocratic warriors during the country's feudal period from the 12th century to early 17th century, and thereafter as a top class in the social hierarchy of the Edo period until their abolishment in the ...
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源 義経, c. 1159 – June 15, 1189) was a commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. During the Genpei War, he led a series of battles that toppled the Ise-Heishi branch of the Taira clan, helping his half-brother Yoritomo consolidate power.
In an episode of Expedition Unknown, Josh Gates traveled to Japan in search of the Honjō Masamune [20] and learned that there were no records of a "Sgt. Coldy Bimore" listed to have received the sword. The Honjō Masamune is the most important of the missing Japanese swords, and its current location remains unknown.
Yagyū Muneyoshi (1527-1606), the first famous Yagyū swordsman, fought for a number of different lords before meeting Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shōgun. In 1563, he was defeated by the swordsman Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, praised as one of the very few Kensei throughout Japan. Humbled by his defeat, Muneyoshi became Nobutsuna's disciple ...
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.