* 1612 – Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojiro at Funajima island.

Miyamoto Musashi, a kenjutsu master, was renowned for fighting fully armed foes with only one or two bokken.

One famous user of the suburi-sized bokken is Miyamoto Musashi who used one in his duel against Sasaki Kojiro.

Miyamoto Musashi refers to the long sword in The Book of Five Rings.

Miyamoto Musashi is widely considered a Kensei and one of the greatest warriors of all time.

Further muddying the waters, according to the genealogy of the extant Miyamoto family, Musashi was born in 1582.

The second wife of Tasumi Masahisa was the mother of Miyamoto Musashi.

Miyamoto Musashi having his fortune told.

" Seishin Chokudo " ( earnest heart, straight way ) monument dedicated to Miyamoto Musashi, located in Kokura.

Miyamoto Musashi, Self-portrait, Samurai, writer and artist, c. 1640

The grave-marker of Miyamoto Musashi, in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture ( 熊本県 )

Nine years later, a major source about his life — a monument with a funereal eulogy to Musashi — was erected in Kokura by Miyamoto Iori ; this monument was called the Kokura hibun.

The following timeline follows, in chronological order ( of which is based on the most accurate and most widely accepted information ), the life of Miyamoto Musashi as of yet.

Square has also made other widely known games such as Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Secret of Mana, Legend of Mana, Xenogears, Brave Fencer Musashi, Parasite Eve, Parasite Eve 2, Saga Frontier, Romancing Saga, Vagrant Story, Kingdom Hearts ( done in collaboration with Disney Interactive ), and Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars ( done under the guidance of Shigeru Miyamoto ).

The Japanese ronin Miyamoto Musashi killing a giant nue-print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, nineteenth century

* Miyamoto Musashi dictates The Book of Five Rings ( Go Rin No Sho ) to his student, completing it in 1654 just before his death.

** Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese samurai, artist, philosopher ( d. 1645 )

** Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordsman ( b. c. 1584 )

The most famous exponent of nitōjutsu was Miyamoto Musashi ( 1584 – 1645 ), the founder of Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū, who advocates it in The Book of Five Rings.

As in the " Book of Five Rings ", by Miyamoto Musashi, a kenjutsuist relies on the conditions of the ground, light source, as well as the opponents ' capabilities, before implementing a practical attack.

The " Gate ", as referred to by Miyamoto Musashi is the opening between two fighters at a given time.

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* Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto ( 1954 )-Special Effects

Miyamoto Musashi killing a giant creature, from The Book of Five Rings

* The Book of Five Rings ( Go Rin No Sho ) by Miyamoto Musashi ( 1584 – 1645 )

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File: Gorinbo07bs3200. jpg | Village of Miyamoto Musashi

Based on the book Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa, Vagabond is a fictional retelling of the life of Miyamoto Musashi, often referred to as the " Sword Saint ", perhaps the most famous and successful of Japan's sword fighters.

is an ongoing manga by Takehiko Inoue, portraying a fictionalized account of Miyamoto Musashi's life, on a loose adaptation of Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi.

* In the manga, when Takezō is taken away from Miyamoto village, Takuan renames him Miyamoto Musashi after teaching him simple values of life, but as a result of this Musashi has only a slightly more refined outlook on life ( as revealed in his first encounters with the Yoshioka and then the Hōzōin temple ).

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

A document dated 5 September 1607, purporting to be a transmission by Miyamoto Munisai of his teachings, suggests Munisai lived at least to this date.

A Broadway revival ran at Studio 54 from December 2, 2004 to January 30, 2005, directed by Amon Miyamoto and starring B. D.

Super Mario Kart was produced by Shigeru Miyamoto and directed by Tadashi Sugiyama and Hideki Konno.

was a Japanese video game company founded in September 1983 by Masashi Miyamoto.

Square was founded in Yokohama in September 1983 by Masashi Miyamoto after he graduated from Waseda, one of Japan's top universities.

While at the time game development was usually conducted by only one programmer, Miyamoto believed that it would be more efficient to have graphic designers, programmers and professional story writers working together on common projects.

is a high fantasy action-adventure video game series created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka.

They were developed by Flagship in conjunction with Nintendo, with supervision from Miyamoto.

Category: Video games produced by Shigeru Miyamoto

Interest in fuzzy systems was sparked by Seiji Yasunobu and Soji Miyamoto of Hitachi, who in 1985 provided simulations that demonstrated the superiority of fuzzy control systems for the Sendai railway.

While the design had quite a large head, Miyamoto validated it by suggesting it looked like a tortoise.

It was developed by Shigeru Miyamoto.

Mario Bros. was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi, two of the lead developers for the video game Donkey Kong.

Category: Video games produced by Shigeru Miyamoto

Development was handled by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, led by Shigeru Miyamoto, who directed the game along with Takashi Tezuka.

Created by prominent game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the slightly younger fraternal twin brother of Nintendo's mascot Mario, and appears in many games throughout the Mario series, frequently as a sidekick to his brother.

Miyamoto had been inspired by the game Joust to create a game with a simultaneous two-player mode, which led to his development of the game Mario Bros. in 1983, with Luigi filling the role of Mario's brother as the second playable character.