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Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵), born Shinmen Takezō (新免 武蔵, c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), [1] also known as Miyamoto Bennosuke and by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, [2] 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 ...
Musashi, then, was born to Munisai's first wife, Yoshiko (daughter to Bessho Shigeharu, who formerly controlled Hirafuku village until he lost a battle in 1578 to Yamanaka Shikanosuke). Munisai divorced her after Musashi's birth, whereupon she decamped for her father's house, leaving Musashi with Munisai.
Hosokawa Tadatoshi (細川 忠利, December 21, 1586 – April 26, 1641) was a Japanese samurai daimyō of the early Edo period. [1] He was the head of Kumamoto Domain.He was a patron of the martial artist Miyamoto Musashi.
Miyamoto Musashi is known as one of Japan’s most legendary swordsmen and unintentional philosophers. Born in the late 16th century, Musashi's life was marked by a relentless and unwavering ...
Kin'ya reprised the part of Miyamoto Musashi in the 1990 New Year's special. Toshirō Mifune had portrayed Musashi in the earlier film, also based on the Eiji Yoshikawa story, that had won an Academy Award. He returned to the New Year's special in 1996, again as the famous swordsman, in Tokugawa Kengōden Sore kara no Musashi.
Hosokawa Gracia, the wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki, was one of the most famous samurai converts to Christianity; she was also the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide. The Hosokawa sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu against Ishida Mitsunari during the decisive Sekigahara Campaign , and thus were made fudai (inside) daimyō under the Tokugawa shogunate .
It is a fictionalized account of the life of Miyamoto Musashi, author of The Book of Five Rings and arguably the most renowned Japanese swordsman who ever lived.. The novel has been translated into English by Charles S. Terry, with a foreword by Edwin O. Reischauer, published by Kodansha International under ISBN 4-7700-1957-2.
The Netflix series tell the story of the legendary samurai, Musashi Miyamoto, but quickly adapts his journey to be about hunting supernatural demons. Think Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter , but ...