![]() ![]() Musashi himself simply states in The Book of Five Rings that he was born in Harima Province. The details of Miyamoto Musashi's early life are difficult to verify. The Miyamoto Musashi Budokan in Ōhara-chō ( Mimasaka), Okayama prefecture, Japan Biography Birth The Miyamoto Musashi Budokan training center, located in Ōhara-chō ( Mimasaka), Okayama prefecture, Japan was erected to honor his name and legend. The Book of Five Rings deals primarily with the character of his Niten Ichi-ryū school in a concrete sense, i.e., his own practical martial art and its generic significance The Path of Aloneness, on the other hand, deals with the ideas that lie behind it, as well as his life's philosophy in a few short aphoristic sentences. He was the founder of the Niten Ichi-ryū, or Nito Ichi-ryū, style of swordsmanship, and in his final years authored The Book of Five Rings ( 五輪の書, Go Rin No Sho) and Dokkōdō (獨行道, The Path of Aloneness).īoth documents were given to Terao Magonojō, the most important of Musashi's students, seven days before Musashi's death. Musashi, as he was often simply known, is considered a Kensei, a sword-saint of Japan. ![]() 1584 – 13 June 1645), also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, was a Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer and rōnin, who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 61 duels (next is 33 by Itō Ittōsai). Takemura Yoemon Terao Magonojō Terao Motomenosuke Furuhashi Sōzaemon Niten Dōraku Shinmen Musashi no Kami Fujiwara no Harunobu Harima Province or Mimasaka Province, Japan Contemporaneous portrait of Miyamoto Musashi (Edo period) ![]()
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