The name " Musashi " was thought to be taken from the name of a warrior monk named Musashibō Benkei who served under Minamoto no Yoshitsune, but this is unconfirmed.

Ultimately the name was taken from his own original kanji, 武蔵, which can be read as Takezō or as Musashi, as stated in Eiji Yoshikawa's book Musashi.

While there he engaged in very few duels ; one would occur in 1634 at the arrangement of Lord Ogasawara, in which Musashi defeated a lance specialist by the name of Takada Matabei.

Most significantly, the main character's name, Miyamoto Usagi, is a play on " Miyamoto Musashi ", Japan's most famous historical samurai and the author of The Book of Five Rings, and " Usagi " the Japanese language word for " rabbit " ( The story notes for one volume also cite as an influence Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy, which features Miyamoto Musashi as a protagonist.

The name Musashi, recorded in early records as 牟射志 munzasi, appears to be of Ainu origin.

* Miyamoto Musashi: The main character, also known by his birth name, Shinmen Takezo

Agon recognizes that this must be Musashi and, seeking both to end the turmoil that Toji has caused and defend Hōzōin's name, he fights Musashi.

* Miyamoto is also the name of a 16th century village ( in present-day Mimasaka, Okayama ) considered the birthplace of Miyamoto Musashi

Seibu Railway's operations are concentrated in northwest Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture ; the name " Seibu " is an abbreviation of " west Musashi ," referring to the historic name for this area.

The name " Tōbu " is formed from the kanji for east ( 東 ) and Musashi ( 武蔵 ), the initial area served.

* Tomoe Gozen is one of the characters resurrected on the planet of Riverworld, in both the science fiction novels of Philip José Farmer and the 2010 miniseries adaptation of the same name ; in the latter she is depicted as wielding two blades ( one definitely a katana and the other, smaller-tsuka blade potentially being an elongated tantō ) in the style of Musashi Miyamoto and the Go Rin No Sho, or Book of Five Rings.

After he started practicing Seido-kaikan ( 正道会館 ) karate he took his ring name from the famous samurai of the same name Musashi Miyamoto, since his kicking techniques is said to resemble the latter's sword-slashing moves.

Gandrake's revealed name was based on Sasaki Kojirō's samurai name, Ganryu, and the attack he used to incapacitate Musashi is called the " Swallow's Tail ," a reference to Sasaki Kojiro's most famous technique, the " Swallow's tail strike.

( There was a real life dual wielding swordsman by the name of Miyamoto Musashi in feudal Japan, famous for his amazing sword skills, lack of defeats and great number of victories.

The figures 6 ( mu ), 3 ( sa ), 4 ( shi ) stand for " Musashi ", an old name of the region where the Tokyo Skytree stands.

As for " Musashi ," Musashi no Kami was a court title, making him the nominal governor of Musashi province.

In 2005, Hamauzu, Nakano, and the duo Wavelink Zeal ( Takayuki and Yuki Iwai ) scored Musashi: Samurai Legend, the sequel to the 1998 title Brave Fencer Musashi.

On December 4, 2004 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2004, with three decision wins over Ernesto Hoost, Francois Botha and Musashi, Bonjasky successfully defended his K-1 WGP title.

Musashi himself simply states in Gorin no Sho that he was born in Harima Province.

Some doubt has been cast on this final battle, as the Hyoho senshi denki has Musashi saying he is " no lord's vassal " and refusing to fight with his father ( in Lord Ukita's battalion ) in the battle.

Musashi also mentions the gun as having no equal on the battlefield.

It is rumoured that Musashi disgraced a former sword master by using such a technique with a Bokken, but there are no descriptions mentioning " In one " timing.

In the above quote, Musashi speaks of " virtue and no evil ".

Born in Musashi province, Yoshinaka's father Minamoto no Yoshikata was killed and his domain was seized by Minamoto no Yoshihira in an intrafamily feud while he was still an infant.

In 1181, Yoshinaka sought to regain his father's domain in Musashi which was already under the control of his cousin Minamoto no Yoritomo.

In 1183 Minamoto no Yoshinaka from Musashi province defeated the Taira and entered Kyōto.

The duel seems one-sided, as Musashi sees no need to draw his blade for the majority of the fight.

Denshichirō, now solely intent on killing Musashi with no regard for his own safety, grasps Musashi, who unceremoniously guts him with a swift stroke of Denshichirō's wakizashi.

Furthermore, Musashi is freed from the tree by Otsū after being shunned by Takuan who shows no mercy to Takezō.

The Japanese swordsmaster Miyamoto Musashi, for example, in his The Book of Five Rings, noted that when he teaches people martial arts, " since generally makes them learn such things as have actual relevance to addressing principles, there is no such thing as a distinction between the esoteric and the exoteric.

History indicates that the legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi participated in the battle on the Tokugawa Shogunate side, though he has no recorded accomplishments in this battle.

** Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple ( 続宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決闘 Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō ) ( 1955 )

Seeing no avenue of retreat, Masakado chose instead to surge forward, seizing, in rapid succession, the government headquarters of Shimotsuke, Kōzuke, Musashi, Kazusa, Awa, Sagami, Izu and Shimōsa provinces.

At Battle of Awazu in 1184, she is known for beheading Honda no Moroshige of Musashi.

* Musashi Number Nine ( Kyūbanme no Musashi ) by Miyuki Takanashi

Kenji Tokitsu has suggested that the accepted birth date of 1584 for Musashi is wrong, as it is primarily based on a literal reading of the introduction to the Go Rin No Sho where Musashi states that the years of his life " add up to 60 " ( yielding the twelfth year of the Tensho era, or 1584, when working backwards from the well-documented date of composition ), when it should be taken in a more literary and imprecise sense, indicating not a specific age but merely that Musashi was in his sixties when he wrote it.

In the second month of 1641, Musashi wrote a work called the Hyoho Sanju Go (" Thirty-five Instructions on Strategy ") for Hosokawa Tadatoshi ; this work overlapped and formed the basis for the later Go Rin No Sho.

On the twelfth of the fifth month, sensing his impending death, Musashi bequeathed his worldly possessions, after giving his manuscript copy of the Go Rin No Sho to the younger brother of Terao Magonojo, his closest disciple.

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

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

Although it is difficult to grasp it from the book, Go Rin No Sho, these books are actually the teachings which Musashi preached to his students in his own dōjō.

The Earth book, according to Go Rin No Sho, is mentioned as the book that refers expressly to the strategy taught by Musashi at the Ichi School, and it is said to be how to distinguish the way through " Sword-Fencing ", or " Swordsmanship ".

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

* Miyamoto Musashi begins dictating The Book of Five Rings ( Go Rin No Sho ).