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Miyamoto Musashi facts for kids
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.
Images for kids
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Calligraphy by Musashi.
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Miyamoto Musashi having his fortune told. Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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Ichijoji Sagarimatsu, location of the battle between Musashi and the Yoshioka school
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"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.
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Miyamoto Musashi, Self-portrait, Samurai, writer and artist, c. 1640
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The grave-marker of Miyamoto Musashi, in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県)
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A picture of Musashi engaged in fantastic combat, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861)