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Miyamoto Musashi

Index Miyamoto Musashi

, also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, was a Japanese swordsman, philosopher, writer and rōnin. [1]

157 relations: Akamatsu clan, Akashi Castle, Allison & Busby, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Ōdachi, Battle of Sekigahara, , Benkei, Bokken, Budai, Buddhism, Calligraphy, Castle town, Chicken or the egg, Comic book, Confucianism, Construction foreman, Daimyō, Dermatitis, Dharma name, Dokkōdō, Dorinbo, Edo, Eiji Yoshikawa, Fujiwara clan, Fukuoka Prefecture, Furuhashi Sōzaemon, Ganryū-jima, Gautama Buddha, Gifu Castle, Gosho Motoharu, Harima Province, Hayashi Razan, Hōjō Akinokami, Hōzōin-ryū, Hermit, Higo Province, Himeji, Himeji Domain, Historical fiction, Honda Tadakatsu, Honshu, Hosokawa clan, Hosokawa Tadaoki, Hosokawa Tadatoshi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Iaidō, Ichijō-ji, Ink wash painting, Itō Ittōsai, ..., Japanese tea ceremony, Jitte, Junshi, Kanmon Straits, Karō, Kashima Shintō-ryū, Katana, Kōfuku-ji, Kenji Tokitsu, Kenjutsu, Kenpō, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Koku, Kokura, Kumamoto Castle, Kumamoto Domain, Kusarigama, Kyoto, Kyushu, Legend of the Five Rings, List of military writers, Lung cancer, Manga, Matsui Okinaga, Meditation, Mie Prefecture, Mimasaka Province, Mimasaka, Okayama, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Minister (government), Miyake Gunbei, Miyamoto Iori, Miyamoto Mikinosuke, Miyamoto Musashi, Miyamoto Musashi Station, Mount Hiko, Mount Kinbō (Kumamoto), Mount Kurama, Musashi (novel), Musō Gonnosuke, Musha shugyō, Mutsu Province, Myōshin-ji, Nagoya, Nara Prefecture, Nara, Nara, Neuralgia, Niten Ichi-ryū, Ogasawara clan, Ogasawara Tadazane, Osaka, Osaka Castle, Owari Domain, Owari Province, Philosophy of war, Rōnin, Records of the Grand Historian, Reigandō, Samurai, Sanjūsangen-dō, Sasaki Kojirō, Sean Michael Wilson, Seppuku, Shōgun, Shōhō, Shimabara Rebellion, Shimonoseki, Shinmen clan, Shinmen Munisai, Shinmen Sokan, Shintō Musō-ryū, Shinto, Shishido Baiken, Shrike, Shuriken, Siege of Osaka, Swordsmanship, Tadashima Akiyama, Tajima Province, Takehiko Inoue, Takemura Yoemon, Takuan Sōhō, Tatsuno, Hyōgo, Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, Terao Motomenosuke, The Book of Five Rings, The Lone Samurai, Throw (grappling), Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyotomi clan, Triptych, Tsukahara Bokuden, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Vagabond (manga), Vassal, Wakizashi, Western culture, Westworld (season 2), William Scott Wilson, Yagyū Hyōgonosuke, Yagyū Munenori, Yamagata Prefecture, Yamashiro Province, Yoshioka-ryū, Zazen, Zen. Expand index (107 more) »

Akamatsu clan

is a Japanese samurai family of direct descent from Minamoto no Morifusa of the Murakami-Genji.

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Akashi Castle

is a Japanese castle in Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

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Allison & Busby

Allison & Busby (A & B) is a publishing house based in London established by Clive Allison and Margaret Busby in 1967.

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Ashikaga Yoshiaki

"Ashikaga Yoshiaki" in The New Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Ōdachi

An (large/great sword) or nodachi (野太刀, field sword) was a type of traditionally made Japanese sword (日本刀, nihontō) used by the samurai class of feudal Japan.

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Battle of Sekigahara

The was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month), that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate.

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A bō (棒: ぼう), joong bong (Korean), bang (Chinese), or kun (Okinawan), is a piece of wood of varying lengths staff weapon used in Okinawa and feudal Japan.

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Benkei

Saito Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶, 1155–1189), popularly called Benkei, was a Japanese warrior monk (sōhei) who lived in the latter years of the 1Heian Period (794-1185).

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Bokken

A bokken (木剣, bok(u), "wood", and ken, "sword") (or a bokutō 木刀, as they are instead called in Japan) is a Japanese wooden sword used for training.

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Budai

Budai, Hotei or Pu-Tai (Chinese and Japanese: 布袋; Pinyin: Bùdài; rōmaji: Hotei; Vietnamese: Bố Đại) is a semi-historical monk as well as deity who was introduced into the Zen Buddhist pantheon.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Calligraphy

Calligraphy (from Greek: καλλιγραφία) is a visual art related to writing.

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Castle town

A castle town is a settlement built adjacent to or surrounding a castle.

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Chicken or the egg

The chicken or the egg causality dilemma is commonly stated as "which came first: the chicken or the egg?".

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Comic book

A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.

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Confucianism

Confucianism, also known as Ruism, is described as tradition, a philosophy, a religion, a humanistic or rationalistic religion, a way of governing, or simply a way of life.

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Construction foreman

A construction foreman is the worker or tradesman who is in charge of a construction crew.

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Daimyō

The were powerful Japanese feudal lords who, until their decline in the early Meiji period, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings.

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Dermatitis

Dermatitis, also known as eczema, is a group of diseases that results in inflammation of the skin.

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Dharma name

A Dharma name is a new name acquired during a Buddhist initiation ritual in Mahayana Buddhism and monk ordination in Theravada Buddhism (where it is more proper to call it Dhamma or Sangha name).

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Dokkōdō

The "Dokkōdō" ("The Path of Aloneness", "The Way to Go Forth Alone", or "The Way of Walking Alone"), is a short work written by Miyamoto Musashi a week before he died in 1645.

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Dorinbo

Dorinbo (c. late 16th century) was a Japanese priest and the uncle of the famous swordsman Miyamoto Musashi during the 17th century in Edo period Japan.

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Edo

, also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.

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Eiji Yoshikawa

was a Japanese historical novelist.

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Fujiwara clan

, descending from the Nakatomi clan and through them Ame-no-Koyane-no-Mikoto, was a powerful family of regents in Japan.

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Fukuoka Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan on Kyūshū Island.

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Furuhashi Sōzaemon

was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period.

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Ganryū-jima

is an island in Japan located between Honshū and Kyūshū, and accessible via ferry from.

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Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.

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Gifu Castle

is a castle located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

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Gosho Motoharu

Gosho Motoharu (五所 元治; 1919 – October 27, 2012) was a prominent Japanese master of the martial arts, koryu budō or kobudō.

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Harima Province

or Banshū (播州) was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture.

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Hayashi Razan

, also known as Hayashi Dōshun, was a Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopher, serving as a tutor and an advisor to the first four shōguns of the Tokugawa ''bakufu''.

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Hōjō Akinokami

was a member of the Japanese clan of Hōjō during the Edo period (17th century) of Japan, and kami (a post akin to governor) of Aki province.

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Hōzōin-ryū

is a traditional school (koryū) of Japanese martial arts that specializes in the art of spearmanship (sōjutsu).

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Hermit

A hermit (adjectival form: eremitic or hermitic) is a person who lives in seclusion from society, usually for religious reasons.

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Higo Province

was an old province of Japan in the area that is today Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.

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Himeji

is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Himeji Domain

The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Harima Province (modern-day Himeji, Hyōgo).

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Historical fiction

Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.

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Honda Tadakatsu

, also called Honda Heihachirō (本多 平八郎), was a Japanese samurai, general (and later a daimyō) of the late Sengoku through early Edo periods, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu.

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Honshu

Honshu is the largest and most populous island of Japan, located south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Straits.

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Hosokawa clan

The was a Japanese samurai kin group or clan.

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Hosokawa Tadaoki

was a Japanese samurai warrior of the late Sengoku period and early Edo period.

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Hosokawa Tadatoshi

was a Japanese samurai daimyō of the early Edo period.

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Hyōgo Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshu island.

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Iaidō

, abbreviated with, is a Japanese martial art that emphasizes being aware and capable of quickly drawing the sword and responding to a sudden attack.

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Ichijō-ji

The is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kasai, Hyōgo, Japan.

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Ink wash painting

Ink wash painting, also known as literati painting, is an East Asian type of brush painting of Chinese origin that uses black ink—the same as used in East Asian calligraphy—in various concentrations.

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Itō Ittōsai

was a famous yet mysterious Japanese swordsman rumored never to have lost a duel.

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Japanese tea ceremony

The Japanese tea ceremony, also called the Way of Tea, is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of matcha (抹茶), powdered green tea.

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Jitte

A is a specialized weapon that was used by police in Edo period Japan.

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Junshi

(following the lord in death, sometimes translated as "suicide through fidelity") refers to the medieval Japanese act of vassals committing seppuku (a voluntary suicide) for the death of their lord.

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Kanmon Straits

The or the Straits of Shimonoseki is the stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands.

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Karō

were top-ranking samurai officials and advisors in service to the daimyōs of feudal Japan.

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Kashima Shintō-ryū

is a traditional (koryū) school of Japanese martial arts founded by Tsukahara Bokuden in the Muromachi period (c.1530).

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Katana

Historically, were one of the traditionally made that were used by the samurai of ancient and feudal Japan.

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Kōfuku-ji

is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in the city of Nara, Japan.

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Kenji Tokitsu

is a Japanese author and practitioner of Japanese martial arts.

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Kenjutsu

is the umbrella term for all (koryū) schools of Japanese swordsmanship, in particular those that predate the Meiji Restoration.

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Kenpō

is the name of several Japanese martial arts.

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Kita-ku, Kyoto

is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

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Koku

The is a Japanese unit of volume, equal to ten cubic shaku.

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Kokura

is an ancient castle town and the center of Kitakyushu, Japan, guarding the Straits of Shimonoseki between Honshu and Kyushu with its suburb Moji.

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Kumamoto Castle

is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto in Kumamoto Prefecture.

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Kumamoto Domain

The, also known as, was a Japanese domain of the Edo period.

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Kusarigama

The is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle) on a kusari-fundo – a type of metal chain (kusari) with a heavy iron weight (fundo) at the end.

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Kyoto

, officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands.

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Legend of the Five Rings

Legend of the Five Rings (often abbreviated L5R) is a fictional setting created by John Zinser, Dave Seay, Dave Williams, and John Wick and published by Alderac Entertainment Group in 1995.

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List of military writers

The following is a list of military writers, alphabetical by last name.

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Lung cancer

Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.

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Manga

are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century.

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Matsui Okinaga

also known as was a Japanese samurai who served the Hosokawa clan, during the early Edo period (17th century).

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Meditation

Meditation can be defined as a practice where an individual uses a technique, such as focusing their mind on a particular object, thought or activity, to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state.

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Mie Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan, which is part of the Kansai region on the main Honshu island.

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Mimasaka Province

or was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today northeastern Okayama Prefecture.

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Mimasaka, Okayama

is a city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

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Minamoto no Yoshitsune

was a military commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.

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Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who heads a government department, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers.

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Miyake Gunbei

Miyake Gunbei was a vassal who served Honda Tadamasa, the lord of the Himeji castle during the Edo period (17th century) of Japan.

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Miyamoto Iori

was a samurai during the Edo period (17th century) of Japan.

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Miyamoto Mikinosuke

a retainer of the Japanese clan of Honda during the Edo period (17th century) of Japan.

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Miyamoto Musashi

, also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, was a Japanese swordsman, philosopher, writer and rōnin.

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Miyamoto Musashi Station

is a railway station in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector semi-public railway operator Chizu Express.

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Mount Hiko

, is a mountain on the border between Fukuoka Prefecture and Ōita Prefecture in Kyūshū, Japan.

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Mount Kinbō (Kumamoto)

or is a mountain in the west of Kumamoto city, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

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Mount Kurama

is a mountain to the north-west of the city of Kyoto.

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Musashi (novel)

is a Japanese novel written by Eiji Yoshikawa.

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Musō Gonnosuke

Musō Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi (夢想權之助勝吉) was a samurai of the early 17th century and the traditional founder of the Koryu school of jojutsu known as Shintō Musō-ryū (神道夢想流/神道無想流).

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Musha shugyō

is a samurai warrior's quest or pilgrimage.

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Mutsu Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture.

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Myōshin-ji

is a temple complex in Kyoto, Japan, and head temple of the associated branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism.

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Nagoya

is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Nara Prefecture

is a prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Nara, Nara

is the capital city of Nara Prefecture located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Neuralgia

Neuralgia (Greek neuron, "nerve" + algos, "pain") is pain in the distribution of a nerve or nerves, as in intercostal neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, and glossopharyngeal neuralgia.

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Niten Ichi-ryū

, which can be loosely translated as "the school of the strategy of two heavens as one", is a koryū (ancient school), transmitting a style of classical Japanese swordsmanship conceived by the warrior Miyamoto Musashi.

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Ogasawara clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Seiwa Genji.

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Ogasawara Tadazane

was a Japanese samurai daimyō of the early Edo period.

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Osaka

() is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Osaka Castle

is a Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan.

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Owari Domain

The was a feudal domain of Japan in the Edo period.

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Owari Province

was a province of Japan in the area that today forms the western half of Aichi Prefecture, including the modern city of Nagoya.

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Philosophy of war

The philosophy of war is the area of philosophy devoted to examining issues such as the causes of war, the relationship between war and human nature, and the ethics of war.

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Rōnin

A was a samurai without lord or master during the feudal period (1185–1868) of Japan.

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Records of the Grand Historian

The Records of the Grand Historian, also known by its Chinese name Shiji, is a monumental history of ancient China and the world finished around 94 BC by the Han dynasty official Sima Qian after having been started by his father, Sima Tan, Grand Astrologer to the imperial court.

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Reigandō

is a cave that lies to the west of Kumamoto, Japan, that became a temporary home to legendary rōnin, Miyamoto Musashi.

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Samurai

were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.

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Sanjūsangen-dō

is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama District of Kyoto, Japan.

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Sasaki Kojirō

(– April 13, 1612), often anglicised to Kojirō Sasaki, was a prominent Japanese swordsman widely considered a master of his craft, born in Fukui Prefecture.

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Sean Michael Wilson

Sean Michael Wilson is a comic book writer from Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Seppuku

Seppuku (切腹, "cutting belly"), sometimes referred to as harakiri (腹切り, "abdomen/belly cutting", a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment.

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Shōgun

The was the military dictator of Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868 (with exceptions).

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Shōhō

was a after Kan'ei and before Keian.

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Shimabara Rebellion

The was an uprising in what is now Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan lasting from December 17, 1637, to April 15, 1638, during the Edo period.

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Shimonoseki

is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

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Shinmen clan

was a Japanese kin group that flourished during the 15th–16th (Sengoku period) and 17th centuries (Edo period) of Japan.

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Shinmen Munisai

, also called Miyamoto Muninosuke, was a martial artist, expert in using the sword and the jutte.

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Shinmen Sokan

Shinmen Sokan (active 16th century) was a Japanese lord, daimyō of the during the middle of the Sengoku period.

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Shintō Musō-ryū

, most commonly known by its practice of jōdō, is a traditional school (koryū) of the Japanese martial art of jōjutsu, or the art of wielding the short staff (jō).

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Shinto

or kami-no-michi (among other names) is the traditional religion of Japan that focuses on ritual practices to be carried out diligently to establish a connection between present-day Japan and its ancient past.

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Shishido Baiken

Shishido Baiken (宍戸梅軒, also 宍戸某 Shishido Nanigashi) is the name of a Japanese swordsman believed to have been active in the early years of the Edo period (1603-1868).

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Shrike

Shrikes are carnivorous passerine birds of the family Laniidae.

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Shuriken

A shuriken (Japanese 手裏剣; literally: "hidden hand blade") is a Japanese concealed weapon that was used as a hidden dagger or metsubushi to distract or misdirect.

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Siege of Osaka

The was a series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction.

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Swordsmanship

Swordsmanship or sword fighting refers to the skills of a swordsman, a person versed in the art of the sword.

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Tadashima Akiyama

Tadashima Akiyama, also called, was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period who hailed from Tajima Province.

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Tajima Province

was an old province of Japan in the area that is today northern Hyōgo Prefecture.

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Takehiko Inoue

is a Japanese manga artist.

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Takemura Yoemon

Takemura Yoemon a notable swordsman during the Edo period (17th century) of Japan.

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Takuan Sōhō

was a major figure in the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism.

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Tatsuno, Hyōgo

is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

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Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū

Written as 天眞正傳香取神道流 prior to 1946 adoption of Tōyō kanji.

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Terao Motomenosuke

was a famed swordsman during the Edo period (17th century) of Japan.

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The Book of Five Rings

is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi around 1645.

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The Lone Samurai

The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi is a biography of the Japanese samurai and swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.

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Throw (grappling)

A throw, in martial arts, is a grappling technique that involves off-balancing or lifting an opponent, and throwing them to the ground, in Japanese martial arts referred to as nage-waza, 投げ技, "throwing technique".

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Tokugawa clan

The was a powerful daimyō family of Japan.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which effectively ruled Japan from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

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Toyotomi clan

The was a Japanese clan that ruled over Japan before the Edo period.

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Triptych

A triptych (from the Greek adjective τρίπτυχον "triptukhon" ("three-fold"), from tri, i.e., "three" and ptysso, i.e., "to fold" or ptyx, i.e., "fold") is a work of art (usually a panel painting) that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open.

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Tsukahara Bokuden

was a famous swordsman of the early Sengoku period.

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.

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Vagabond (manga)

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue.

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Vassal

A vassal is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe.

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Wakizashi

The is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords (nihontō) worn by the samurai in feudal Japan.

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Western culture

Western culture, sometimes equated with Western civilization, Occidental culture, the Western world, Western society, European civilization,is a term used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems and specific artifacts and technologies that have some origin or association with Europe.

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Westworld (season 2)

The second season of the American science fiction western television series Westworld (subtitled The Door) premiered on HBO on April 22, 2018.

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William Scott Wilson

William Scott Wilson (born 1944, Nashville, Tennessee) is known for translating several works of Japanese literature, mostly those relating to the martial tradition of that country.

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Yagyū Hyōgonosuke

or — Toshitoshi (利厳) was the founder of the Owari mainline of the Yagyū Shinkage-ryū style of swordsmanship in the early Edo period.

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Yagyū Munenori

was a Japanese swordsman, founder of the Edo branch of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, which he learned from his father Yagyū "Sekishūsai" Muneyoshi.

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Yamagata Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of Japan.

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Yamashiro Province

was a province of Japan, located in Kinai.

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Yoshioka-ryū

is a koryū Japanese sword-fighting martial art and is part of the Kyohachi-ryū.

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Zazen

Zazen (literally "seated meditation"; 座禅;, pronounced) is a meditative discipline that is typically the primary practice of the Zen Buddhist tradition.

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Zen

Zen (p; translit) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as Chan Buddhism.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi

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