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  2. Miyamoto Musashi - Wikipedia

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    In this technique, the swordsman uses both a large sword, and a "companion sword" at the same time, i.e. a katana with a wakizashi. [ 40 ] The two-handed movements of temple drummers may have inspired him, although it could be that the technique was forged through Musashi's combat experience.

  3. Sasaki Kojirō - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Hattori Hanzō - Wikipedia

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    Hattori Hanzō (服部 半蔵, c. 1542 [1] – January 2, 1597) or Second Hanzō, nicknamed Oni no Hanzō (鬼の半蔵, Demon Hanzō), [2] was a famous samurai of the Sengoku era, who served the Tokugawa clan as a general, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan.

  5. Muramasa - Wikipedia

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    Ieyasu himself owned two swords forged by Muramasa and left them to his family; as of 2013, the Owari-Tokugawa family still holds one of the two as an heirloom. [5] Honda Tadakatsu , one of the Four Greatest Generals under Ieyasu , wielded Tonbogiri , a legendary spear forged by Fujiwara Masazane, who studied under the Muramasa school. [ 5 ]

  6. Kawakami Gensai - Wikipedia

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    The fictional swordsman and wanderer, Himura Kenshin also known as "Battosai", from the manga series Rurouni Kenshin was inspired by Gensai. The character is a repentant former assassin who has sworn never to kill 10 years after the Meiji Revolution. [1] The character Kawakami Bansai from the manga Gin Tama takes his name from Gensai. [citation ...

  7. Zatoichi - Wikipedia

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    Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) connects with the Shaw Brothers series of Hong Kong-produced movies directed by prolific director Chang Cheh; and Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) features Toshiro Mifune as Imperial Shogunate Secret Agent Daisaku Sasa. This character resembles the title character of Akira Kurosawa's films Yojimbo and ...

  8. Category:Japanese swordfighters - Wikipedia

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    This category contains any articles pertaining to swordsmen of Japanese-swordsmanship (剣客, Kenkaku - swordsman, and/or 剣豪, Kengou - swords master). Japanese-swordsmanship (剣術, Kenjutsu) is a martial art for using Nihontō and Bokutō. See also: Category:Kendoka - Practitioners of kendo, with shinai, sword made from bamboo.

  9. Hijikata Toshizō - Wikipedia

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    Hijikata Toshizō (土方 歳三, May 31, 1835 – June 20, 1869) was a Japanese swordsman of the Bakumatsu period and Vice-Commander (副長, Fukucho) of the Shinsengumi.As Vice-Commander, he served the Tokugawa Shogunate and co-led his group in its resistance against the imperial rule brought about by the Meiji Restoration.