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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] Miyamoto is considered a kensei (sword saint) of Japan. [3]
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.
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
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).
Swordfighters in Japanese fiction (5 C, 37 P) K. Fictional knights (9 C, 157 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Fictional swordfighters"
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).
Miyamoto Musashi was one of the most famous Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer and rōnin who lived from 1584 to 1645. He became the Kensei (sword saint) of Japan. [51] He had a unique double-bladed swordsmanship (Nito-Ichi-ryū) and an undefeated record in 61 duels.