By Alex

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Miyamoto Musashi

• By Alex

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Wait, wait, whos this Musashi guy anyways???
Musashis rise to fame
Main Menu
Musashi the Movie! And other things that do with
Musashi
The End
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Who the heck is Musashi?
Although relatively unknown in the U.S.A.,
Musashi was a very famous Japanese swordsman who
practiced kenjutsu, the predecessor of kendo
(fighting with fake swords), kenjutsu is fighting
with real swords in life or death battles.
Musashi was arguably the best swordsman in all
of Japan during his lifetime. Musashi fought and
won 60 kenjutsu matches and died of old age.
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Musashi the artist
Musashi the movie
Musashi the video game
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Musashi the Artist
Although Musashi was a fierce warrior, he also
was a peaceful artist, although not very famous,
some of Musashis work still exists to today.
Examples of Musashis art
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A sculpture
A mountain
Self-Portrait of Musashi
A shrike
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MUSASHI THE MOVIE
There were many movies made about Musashi, but
one, wait, actually three stand out from the
rest. These movies are the Samurai Trilogy. Made
about 50 years ago, this trilogy is thought of as
the Japanese Gone With the Wind because of its
popularity in Japan. These movies are based on
the book Musashi and chronicle Musashis life.
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MUSASHI THE VIDEOGAME
Musashi seems to turn up everywhere, doesnt
he? In the videogame Brave Fencer Musashi for the
Playstation, a child with freakishly
deformed hair named Musashi goes on a quest, and
anyways, its not a very good game. The game is
extremely loosely based on the real Musashi and
has a stupid title to boot.
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MUSASHI'S RISE TO FAME
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1584 saw the birth of one of the greatest
swordsmen in the known world, Miyamoto Musashi!
Having his first fencing duel at 13, he defeated
and killed the regionally famous Arima
Kibei. After a few more years of normal life
Musashi dueled again at 16, winning of course. A
few years later, in 1605, Musashi traveled
to Kyoto to see if there were any fencers as good
as him. Musashi challenged Yoshioka Genzaemon of
the Yoshioka family, the Yoshioka family
weremartial arts instructors for a past
shogun. Of course, Musashi won, but he spared
Yoshioka Genzaemon. That was not the end
ofMusashis problems with the Yoshioka family.
Yoshioka Genzaemons relatives challenged
Musashi two more times to restore the family
honor, Musashi won the first one but the second
one wasnt a duel, but an ambush! Miraculously,
Musashi survived a trap of more than 80
samurai. Musashi dueled many more times after
that, recording about 60 duels. One of Musashis
last duels was one with Sasaki Ganryu
Kojiro, Musashi defeated Kojiro with a wooden
sword carved out of an oar. For the rest of his
life, Musashi lived in a cave and wrote his
book, Book of Five Rings.