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Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese name
Kanji 宮本 武蔵
Hiragana みやもと むさし

Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584 – June 13, 1645), was also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku. He was a Japanese Samurai and rōnin. Even from a young age Musashi became well known for his excellent swordsmanship and won some sixty duels. He always had money and had a number of other rōnins as followers. Musashi is best known as the author of The Book of Five Rings. It is a book on strategy, tactics, and philosophy. The book is very popular in modern Japan and the western world among successful business people.


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  • Musashi budokan02s2640

    The Miyamoto Musashi Budokan in Ōhara-chō (Mimasaka), Okayama prefecture, Japan

  • History of Musashi

    Miyamoto Musashi story.

  • Daruma-Bodhidharma

    Bodhidharma (達磨) called Daruma (だるま) painted by Miyamoto Musashi.

  • Gonnosuke

    Muso Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi (from the Buko Hyakunin Isshu).

  • Tombe de Miyamoto Musashi à Ōhara, province de Mimasaka

    Miyamoto Musashi's grave in Ōhara-chō, province of Mimasaka.

  • Miyamoto Musashi killing a giant nue

    Miyamoto Musashi kills a shark fish (Yamazame) in the mountains across the border of Echizen Province, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

  • Kanjisenki

    Calligraphy by Musashi.

  • The 10th. Tadashi Chihara

    Miyamoto Musashi Budokan located in Ōhara-chō, Mimasaka province where Miyamoto Musashi was born on March 12 of the Tenshō era.

  • Miyamoto Musashi Painting

    Miyamoto Musashi having his fortune told. Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

  • IchijojiSagarimatsuKyoto

    Ichijoji Sagarimatsu, location of the battle between Musashi and the Yoshioka school

  • Miyamoto-Musashi-Fights-Sasaki-Kojiro-at-Ganryujima-Ukiyo-e

    Sasaki Kojiro (right) engages Miyamoto Musashi on the shores of Ganryū Island.

  • Stele Musashi

    "Seishin Chokudo" (earnest heart, straight way) monument dedicated to Miyamoto Musashi, located in Kokura. These characters were engraved by Musashi on his bokken. It stands on the place where Musashi is supposed to have lived, at the foot of the castle. The Hombu dojo of a main branch of Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryū is in Kokura and demonstrates every year in front of this monument.

  • Statue of Hosokawa Tadatoshi

    Statue of Hosokawa Tadatoshi within Suizen-ji Jōju-en.

  • Hosokawa clan

    Mon of the Hosokawa clan.

  • Statue of Miyamoto Musashi

    Statue of Miyamoto Musashi à Ōhara-chō.

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