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Miyamoto Musashi 宮本 武蔵 (c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), one of the most famous swordmasters to have received the title. Shūsaku Narimasa Chiba 千葉 周作 成政 (1792 – 17 January 1855), one of the last masters who was called a kensei. Other historical kensei are often the founders of popular schools of swordsmanship. Although there is ...
Tsukahara Bokuden (塚原 卜伝, 1489 – March 6, 1571) was a famous swordsman of the early Sengoku period.He was described as a kensei (sword saint). He was the founder of a new Kashima style of kenjutsu, and served as an instructor of Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Ise provincial governor daimyō Kitabatake Tomonori.
Swordsmen of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū had a strong influence on the development of modern kendō in the late 19th century. Also many famous and politically influential people were masters of this swordsmanship school. Some of the most prominent figures are: Sakamoto Ryōma 坂本龍馬 (Famous revolutionary)
In his introduction to the reference Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter notes that the heritage of sword and sorcery is illustrious, and can be traced back to mythology, including the labors of Hercules, as well as to classical epics such as Homer's Odyssey, the Norse sagas, and Arthurian legend. [17]
The series portrays a fictional version of an aging Musashi who embarks on a journey to defeat supernatural forces of evil using the Oni Gauntlet. In Japanese live action series Kamen Rider Ghost , Musashi is the first of many Luminary Eyecons that Takeru Tenkuuji uses as Kamen Rider Ghost .
Gan Jiang and Mo Ye are a pair of famous swords forged by the Spring and Autumn master swordsmith Gan Jiang and his wife Mo Ye. The male sword Gan Jiang has a tortoise-shell pattern, while the female sword Mo Ye has a water-wave pattern. Yu Wang Jian: An ancient bronze Jian created by Yu the Great the founding monarch of the Xia Dynasty.
Parasmani ("Philosopher's stone" that converts iron into gold) is a 1963 Indian Hindi-language film. The film is a musical fantasy drama shot partly in Black and White and partly in colour. It was directed by Babubhai Mistri, who is known as the pioneer of cinematic effects. [1] [2] The film was financially successful. [3]
The Giant with the Flaming Sword (1909) by John Charles Dollman. In Norse mythology, Surtr (Old Norse "black" [1] or more narrowly "swart", [2] Surtur in modern Icelandic), also sometimes written Surt in English, [3] is a jötunn; he is the greatest of the fire giants, who serves as the guardian of Muspelheim which is along with Niflheim, the only two realms to exist before the beginning of ...