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This was the original East Coast/West Coast beef. You're wrong, btw. You said this took place in 1844. The Sekugara period was already taking period during this period because I U.S. Commandant Matthew Perry had already forced Japan to open their ports. Masamune's story occurred in the 1600s. Make a correct video, or at least a correction. 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤦🤦🤦
I went to Kumamoto to see the museums and such dedicated to Miyamoto Musashi. I saw the variety of swords he owned and they were all big. The cave was amazing as well. I haven’t been up there in years but since it’s about an hour and a half by car I’ll probably go up there again, thanks to this video.
If you are after a longer read (900 pages) , Charles S. Terry's translation of Eiji Yoshikawa's book "Musashi" is superb. I think it's slightly fictionalised, but still largely based on Musashi's life story.
In the novel Musashi from Eiji Yoshikawa. The genius of Takuan was, after he captured the notorious Takezo, instead of bringing him to face justice and punishment, he locked Takezo in the library at the top of a castle for 2 years. Alone with no access to escape, Takezo has nothing else to do but read and consumed all books and scriptures in the library for whole 2 years. By the time Takuan decided to release Takezo from his library-prison. He saw a reformed man. Takezo is now re-born and given name as Musashi from Miyamoto village. Thus the legend begins.
Great story but its a fiction .Takaun never met Musashi, he was close to Yagu Munenori who was the Shoguns sword instructor .Yoshikawa himself stated he could not find anything about the real Musashi as a young man .Aside from the Kojiro duel there is nothing so he wrote a fictional novel about a real person .prior to Yoshikawa's story Musashi was known as a zen master .
I come back to this video every time my bills are due. I go to Walmart, buy a few fake bamboo trees, order a mastersmith Katana from Temu, and head to the backyard. 🌴🗡💨
Great story!!! He knew that different people had different ways of using different techniques to solve personal problems. The best quality is seeing . Not just by looking, but something else! You tell me.. comments?
"Suspicious-you know, like the look on your face right now," Musashi said sharply, abruptly sweeping his finger toward Dampachi. A sharp whistling sound broke the stillness on the plain. Dampachi gasped as Musashi struck. His attention diverted by Musashi's finger, Dampachi never realized that Musashi had drawn his sword. His body rose, flew forward, and landed face down. Dampachi would not rise again. -Musashi, Eiji Yoshikawa
Greatest "swordsman" in Japan is the correct word. Musashi was more of a Ronin than a samurai and barely fought in any war during that time. He was a swordsman who wandered and challenged many dojo and swordsmen so he can perfect his craft. Samurai is not the word for him.
@@saymyname2417 That is a misconception in the west. Just like the word "Ninja" which was never used in Japan. The word "Samurai" is a status rank so if you lose your master your status becomes that of a Ronin. Remember that even Samurai's had ranks within themselves and Ronin is not one of them.
@johnnybaum7957 - AFAIK a ronin or roshi is a samurai without a lord (NOT without a master), meaning he is not employed by a daimyo or a governmental institution like a police squad. From what I know the term samurai started to be used for the entire warrior class in the Edo period. Before, they rather used the terms tsuwamono, buke or bushi and a samurai was more of an administrator, a scribe or a book keeper. I think it was then that the samurai became a class, a caste really. Before the Edo period not being employed wasn't inevitably a bad thing. Many samurai were (often well-paid) freelancers and chose to not be tied to a single clan. There sure were ranks within the warrior class but I think they were all samurai. As for the infamous "ninja" tribes roaming the country in broad daylight, clad in black... yeah, that is more of a hoax than anything 🤣
@@saymyname2417 That is correct. Each periods were different. Muromachi to Sengoku is much different from Edo. However, going by Musashi's era which is the end of Sengoku and his status of a Samurai is suspect. There are alleged records of him participating in Sekigahara and Osaka but there is no clear evidence. Nor are there clear records of him serving any lord during those times. He was more of a swordsman who travelled challenging dojo to perfect his style.
There are some additional interesting aspects of the duel with Sasaki Kojiro. Musashi did not spend the time being late idly. He was carving one of the boat oars into a huge wooden sword. The wooden sword is significantly longer than a traditional Katana. This gave Musashi a reach advantage over Kojiro. Kojiro was enraged by Musashi's tardyness causing him to attack recklessly. Charging at an opponent with a reach advantage is a quick way to defeat.
bros life was literally the plot to an anime wtf, also WHAT QUALITY, this was insanely well put together, thats why his life felt like a movie, 10/10 this was prime story telling
@@chupapi-o5u thats the thing, i have. I find miomoto so interesting because of it; especially his 2 sword technique and how he fought crows realistically, its all very connected to the way of samurai yet disconnected aswell,
I truly believe that his defining moment in life was the dokkodo! Throughout all his life through all his battles he truly obtained wisdom as he got older and that’s the point of life……in my spiritual opinion! Yes he was one of the greatest swordsman to ever live but…….to take a life is easy! To learn the spiritual way of life is the true test of one’s self! We all must find the truths in our life looking past our mind and using our soul!🙏☮️
No, because "writers" nowadays just ignore sorce material and instead make everything weird and gay, shoving their own real life politics into the game, instead of creating a fun experience. Nobody wants to receive a life lesson from a freak who hasn't actually done anything.
PLEASE NO UBISOFT!!!! let Legends be undisturbed by these sjw- nonsense (we allrdy know how nonsense ac stories became since odissey. No more please. No more.) Only Japanese can sense their History enough to make such. Gaijins\Laowais have their own western history.
Ubisoft cannot make cool stories those Not bound to the UFO conspicacy in AC. & 1rst 2 games we were like- okay. But - to be honest- take those UFO- stuff OUT of AC & remain only historic stuff- games will be better. It will be adequate adleast. Cultural barrier between east & west is too big. Things those certain for asians are strange & complesx for europeoids & etc. Attempts of ubi to make game about japanese history sounds... well like your attemots to hide your drunkness when momm watching (u think u just do nice- but it seems u not)
@@rainbowGZUS7 we: exist. western sjw society: got hurt. its strange tendention. Seems like heavy propaganda enforced same as russians do now: "u agree or u bad!" na. this world going down. if choise is between dont buying ubisoft games or having.. what we having now... il rather dont buy at all.
Tremendo espadachín ok, pero brillante estratega... Sólo para los duelos individuales, al parecer en la única batalla de la que formó parte, bajo las órdenes de Nobunaga Oda, fue derrotado. Cierto es que Miyamoto escribió un libro de estrategia llamado el Libro de los cinco anillos basado en el Arte de la guerra de Tzun Tzu, pero el libro del japonés es una síntesis del libro chino adaptado al combate cuerpo a cuerpo. El Arte de la guerra, es una visión mucho más global de la guerra y las batallas que el Libro de los cinco anillos. Muy buen contenido ❤
Bro, the notificaion bell on the side of the video is so absolutely annoying, made me pause and break immersion several times on the phone, hate it enough to engage in comments about it, good job I guess, also cool video
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The Go Rin Noh Sho (apologies for phonetic misspelling). Kinda like Sun Tsu's art of war, but more specifically focused on sword mastery and the path/philosophy of perfection. I read it c.1987 back when I was dabbling in Iaiado and Aikido and various other forms. Injuries and surgery ended those hobbies prematurely for me, unfortunately.
@@MRHEEL-ys2rq That's great. FWIW I used to help run 2 large online book discussion communities, so I could go on at length about must reads and personal favorites in various genres and nationalities.
Maybe read Prof Alexande C Bennett's book about Musashi as some of the stuff here are based on mythology more than history. Also, the international budo uni in katsuura produced a book about two decades ago containing only the parts of Musashi's life that can be proven by historical records. Bennett's book is probably the most reliable source of info produced in English and has all of Musashi's writings translated.
Should be made more clear in the title/description that it is not actual history but mostly fictionalised. For example the whole Takuan story is not a historical event and no one really knows the exact battles he took part in, or even on which side for that matter - the Sekigahara narrative presented here has been disputed by modern historians and there is even speculation that he might have been on the opposite Tokugawa side, but no one knows anything for sure as both are just speculations based on researching clan affiliations, not something there is direct evidence about. Not to mention the whole descriptive sword fighting in battle that is pure fantasy (btw katana is a side arm used as a backup (or for civilian duelling) equivalent to a handgun, not a primary weapon in war where you would usually prefer something with more range). Good storytelling, but nothing to do with history and should not be misunderstood or presented as such.
It’s called a saga I’ve never seen anything historically accurate called a saga or story. The book of five rings however is a unique discretion of how to wage conflict it couples well with the art of war.
Trust me you wouldn't want to be around him. The reason why he quit at the age 29, was the dead would haunt him day and night. He had to carve stone statues of people in the walls of caves and make smoke offering asking for their forgiveness. Trust me you would not want to be in same room with a guy like that.
In the battle of Sekigahara, the Toyotomi coalition was not led by Hideyori, (as he was only 5 years old, and therefore spared after the loss), but Ishida Mitsunari, a loyal retainer of Hideyoshi.
what about the time before and after musashi? were there other legendary samurai then? what's the rest of his story? how and when did he die? was he ever beaten? guess i can look it up.
Musashi died of stomach cancer. He never lost. He was trying to find enlightenment through the sword. His last duel used a wooded oar against what was considered the best of the time. It reminded him of his first duel at 13 ish. Both were probably very barbaric kills. He never dueled again. He teach his “Heaven Blade style”. Though he said he never perfected it. Musashi was probably left handed. Which would explain why he was so good at duel wielding. It was pretty much against the law or culture to wear your sword on you right side. Probably had to hide the fact he was left handed. As he aged he wrote the book titled “The 5 Rings”.
Musashi (1584 -1645) is certainly the most famous samurai/ronin to westerners thanks to his philosophy and undefeated records in mostly deathly duels, but he is not really a legendary samurai in the same league as the Sengoku goats samurai. Like one of the most powerful Sengoku warlord, Uesugi Kenshin. Historically (1530 -1578) he was a living legend and called The Dragon of Echigo. Uesugi was believed to be the reincarnation and avatar of Bishamonten. His extraordinary feats and prowess on the battlefields as a military genius, devastating warrior and war hero made his believers worshipped him as Kenshin the "God of War". These are real historical records about him.
A pure talent.. A "natural" Instinct, talent, determination.. ego. Does that make him a "savage"? Entering a duel with a Bokken? Arrogant and somewhat mercenary.. I understand the point of “savage skill and determination”.. he owned that. “Pure savage ability”? Yes, pure talent.. A "natural".. Instinct, talent, determination.. ego. Does that make a "savage"? “A pure savage”?? I guess it boils down to semantics.. 👍😎 Be Well!!
musashi was never a "legendary samurai", he was a ronin which is pretty different - ronin had no masters and were of low status compared to samurai. he also didn't "face epic battles", there's only concrete evidence that he fought in one conflict in his life, the shimabara rebellion. aside from that he fought a shitload of duels and won them all, which is (alongside the niten ichi-ryu style) what made him famous in japan
He “decided” to leave home? From what I remember he was kicked out at the age of seven, after a particularly intense fight with his dad in which his father threw a knife at him, which he dodged, that stuck in the wall next to his head
I heard recently that many of his duels were won because while samurai fought with honor he fought dirty and would think nothing of throwing a knife at a samurai in a duel for example. From modern standards it makes sense to do anything to win a fight but it was unthinkable back then.
I always wonder how true these stories are. They seem like anime before anime existed lol. I don't know enough about Japan to say whether this is more like a Johnny Appleseed or Joan of Arc. Although, the idea of a 13yo defeating an adult samurai with a wooden sword is ridiculous.
Musashi was not a “samurai” but rather a nobushi who was ronin by choice. People understandably focus on his many dramatic sword duels though he eventually abandoned the blade and retired to the solitary life of a hermit in pursuit of art and philosophy derived from his life experience as recounted in his Book of Five Rings, which is his ultimate legacy.
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Is there a chance you could talk about Navajo history sometime?
great game . one of all time greats.
Anyone know why they chose Chinese theater music for this Japanese story?
Cool
This was the original East Coast/West Coast beef. You're wrong, btw. You said this took place in 1844. The Sekugara period was already taking period during this period because I
U.S. Commandant Matthew Perry had already forced Japan to open their ports. Masamune's story occurred in the 1600s. Make a correct video, or at least a correction. 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤦🤦🤦
I went to Kumamoto to see the museums and such dedicated to Miyamoto Musashi. I saw the variety of swords he owned and they were all big. The cave was amazing as well. I haven’t been up there in years but since it’s about an hour and a half by car I’ll probably go up there again, thanks to this video.
I wish I could go, but I'm in the US..
@jimjones1130 that's actually good. If you're from some countries, you won't even be allowed. US is not one of those.
@@jimjones1130US has a Visa exemption with Japan.
Moral of the story: A great warrior is not simply born, he is forged through the harsh reality of life and enlightenment from others who are wise.
Mm wish modern story telling knew that. Looking at you Disney, Amazon etc.
Moral of the story: don't believe the internet, even if a supposedly historical channel. Most of his biographical details are fictional.
Being a mad bastard who doesn't care can help too.
It depends what you mean by great, I suppose.
For that 1 great warrior to arise there had to be million idiots dropping like flies.
I highly recommend the manga Vagabond by Inoue Takehiro to everyone who's interested in Miyamoto Musashi
It lit a flame in me when I was 24years old ima reread it
I’m reading this that’s crazy
Thank you for the heads up brother .. I will follow your advise sir ..
If you are after a longer read (900 pages) , Charles S. Terry's translation of Eiji Yoshikawa's book "Musashi" is superb. I think it's slightly fictionalised, but still largely based on Musashi's life story.
Arigatou gozaimasu, @cupertinoish...
In the novel Musashi from Eiji Yoshikawa. The genius of Takuan was, after he captured the notorious Takezo, instead of bringing him to face justice and punishment, he locked Takezo in the library at the top of a castle for 2 years. Alone with no access to escape, Takezo has nothing else to do but read and consumed all books and scriptures in the library for whole 2 years.
By the time Takuan decided to release Takezo from his library-prison. He saw a reformed man. Takezo is now re-born and given name as Musashi from Miyamoto village.
Thus the legend begins.
Great story but its a fiction .Takaun never met Musashi, he was close to Yagu Munenori who was the Shoguns sword instructor .Yoshikawa himself stated he could not find anything about the real Musashi as a young man .Aside from the Kojiro duel there is nothing so he wrote a fictional novel about a real person .prior to Yoshikawa's story Musashi was known as a zen master .
@@katakauchi nah they met, I read the manga
Fun Facts: this is where Megan Thee Stallion gets the inspiration for the song Mamushi from.
where to read this ???
apart from vagabond
Awesome production. Both visual and audio are on point. 👌
Amazing video just found your channel and it made doing overtime enjoyable
The more I learn about the Samurai class, the more I'm team Musashi. Seems to me that the Samurai had it coming.
Yes, do not listen to the weebs, samurais were no different from nobility everywhere
What do you mean by this? Can you break it down for me please
Musashi was Samurai-class. Read: Go-rin-no-sho, book of five rings. He was absolutely a Samurai in every way.
He wasnt he was a ronin@@robertjonsson5389
@@chaoscriminal samurai were corrupt and savage, basically.
I come back to this video every time my bills are due. I go to Walmart, buy a few fake bamboo trees, order a mastersmith Katana from Temu, and head to the backyard. 🌴🗡💨
Thanks for the heads-up I was your neighbor now I live in the other side of town.
Money for fake bamboo and katanas, why not put that towards the bills? lol
@@derrickpigatt5195 Cuz I can pay my bills and buy fake bamboo and katanas from Temu? Duh.
Me too..what are the chances??🎉🎉
Maybe if you stop blowing so much money on the material, you would not be stressing about the bills 😂
Hundreds of years later, he was ressurected in Tokyo, killed a chinese fighter and defeated a giant caveman
Bruh 😐
Fun fact, this guy was the inspiration for Soul Calibur's Mitsurugi
and Haohmaru
@@strider4life696 what fighting game is he from?
@@F1ghtGam3r Samurai Shodown
@@strider4life696don't forget Genjuro
every great samurai warrior in a game is inspired by musashi.
Great story!!!
He knew that different people had different ways of using different techniques to solve personal problems.
The best quality is seeing .
Not just by looking, but something else!
You tell me.. comments?
I just discovered this channel😮😮😮😮 and I can't stop watching these episodes.😅😅 A history lesson combined with good animation is gold👏👏👏👏
😊
This would make a awesome series
It was. Look up the manga Vagabond.
"Suspicious-you know, like the look on your face right now," Musashi
said sharply, abruptly sweeping his finger toward Dampachi.
A sharp whistling sound broke the stillness on the plain. Dampachi gasped
as Musashi struck. His attention diverted by Musashi's finger, Dampachi never
realized that Musashi had drawn his sword. His body rose, flew forward, and
landed face down. Dampachi would not rise again.
-Musashi, Eiji Yoshikawa
Greatest "swordsman" in Japan is the correct word. Musashi was more of a Ronin than a samurai and barely fought in any war during that time. He was a swordsman who wandered and challenged many dojo and swordsmen so he can perfect his craft. Samurai is not the word for him.
👍🙏
A ronin WAS a samurai.
@@saymyname2417 That is a misconception in the west. Just like the word "Ninja" which was never used in Japan. The word "Samurai" is a status rank so if you lose your master your status becomes that of a Ronin.
Remember that even Samurai's had ranks within themselves and Ronin is not one of them.
@johnnybaum7957 - AFAIK a ronin or roshi is a samurai without a lord (NOT without a master), meaning he is not employed by a daimyo or a governmental institution like a police squad.
From what I know the term samurai started to be used for the entire warrior class in the Edo period. Before, they rather used the terms tsuwamono, buke or bushi and a samurai was more of an administrator, a scribe or a book keeper.
I think it was then that the samurai became a class, a caste really. Before the Edo period not being employed wasn't inevitably a bad thing. Many samurai were (often well-paid) freelancers and chose to not be tied to a single clan. There sure were ranks within the warrior class but I think they were all samurai.
As for the infamous "ninja" tribes roaming the country in broad daylight, clad in black... yeah, that is more of a hoax than anything 🤣
@@saymyname2417 That is correct. Each periods were different. Muromachi to Sengoku is much different from Edo. However, going by Musashi's era which is the end of Sengoku and his status of a Samurai is suspect. There are alleged records of him participating in Sekigahara and Osaka but there is no clear evidence. Nor are there clear records of him serving any lord during those times. He was more of a swordsman who travelled challenging dojo to perfect his style.
There are some additional interesting aspects of the duel with Sasaki Kojiro. Musashi did not spend the time being late idly. He was carving one of the boat oars into a huge wooden sword. The wooden sword is significantly longer than a traditional Katana. This gave Musashi a reach advantage over Kojiro. Kojiro was enraged by Musashi's tardyness causing him to attack recklessly. Charging at an opponent with a reach advantage is a quick way to defeat.
And then in the afterlife during the ragnarok he successfully beat posidion in a duel
Thank you for another good video on his story
bros life was literally the plot to an anime wtf, also WHAT QUALITY, this was insanely well put together, thats why his life felt like a movie, 10/10 this was prime story telling
thanks
You should see the life of a mediocre samurai. Even this samurai had a crazy eventfull life that sounds like an anime
@@chupapi-o5u thats the thing, i have. I find miomoto so interesting because of it; especially his 2 sword technique and how he fought crows realistically, its all very connected to the way of samurai yet disconnected aswell,
I truly believe that his defining moment in life was the dokkodo! Throughout all his life through all his battles he truly obtained wisdom as he got older and that’s the point of life……in my spiritual opinion! Yes he was one of the greatest swordsman to ever live but…….to take a life is easy! To learn the spiritual way of life is the true test of one’s self! We all must find the truths in our life looking past our mind and using our soul!🙏☮️
I love legends like this.
I have listen this book 2 times, MUSASHI.
PURE LOVE, finnish langue coz iam finnish but this book of iron, love it
Really enjoyed this anime/documentary.. It would have been great to include his greatest opponent duel at Ganryu Island: Sasaki Kojiro.
Fantastic. Thank you.
is there a manga about this story? looks interesting
Great story, I have read the book of five rings😊🎉🎉
If Ubisoft made Musashi the main character for AC Shadows I think it would have been loved by everyone🤣
No, because "writers" nowadays just ignore sorce material and instead make everything weird and gay, shoving their own real life politics into the game, instead of creating a fun experience. Nobody wants to receive a life lesson from a freak who hasn't actually done anything.
PLEASE NO UBISOFT!!!! let Legends be undisturbed by these sjw- nonsense (we allrdy know how nonsense ac stories became since odissey. No more please. No more.) Only Japanese can sense their History enough to make such. Gaijins\Laowais have their own western history.
Ubisoft cannot make cool stories those Not bound to the UFO conspicacy in AC. & 1rst 2 games we were like- okay.
But - to be honest- take those UFO- stuff OUT of AC & remain only historic stuff- games will be better. It will be adequate adleast. Cultural barrier between east & west is too big. Things those certain for asians are strange & complesx for europeoids & etc. Attempts of ubi to make game about japanese history sounds... well like your attemots to hide your drunkness when momm watching (u think u just do nice- but it seems u not)
Their "advisor" would make him black anyway.
@@rainbowGZUS7 we: exist. western sjw society: got hurt. its strange tendention. Seems like heavy propaganda enforced same as russians do now: "u agree or u bad!" na. this world going down. if choise is between dont buying ubisoft games or having.. what we having now... il rather dont buy at all.
people should make a ghost of Tsushima game about him
who is with me
I'm glad u made a video , the story as I know it is a little different but no arguments with its content or imagery. Great job
Tremendo espadachín ok, pero brillante estratega... Sólo para los duelos individuales, al parecer en la única batalla de la que formó parte, bajo las órdenes de Nobunaga Oda, fue derrotado. Cierto es que Miyamoto escribió un libro de estrategia llamado el Libro de los cinco anillos basado en el Arte de la guerra de Tzun Tzu, pero el libro del japonés es una síntesis del libro chino adaptado al combate cuerpo a cuerpo. El Arte de la guerra, es una visión mucho más global de la guerra y las batallas que el Libro de los cinco anillos. Muy buen contenido ❤
I love this story.
Takehiko Inoue San's manga Vagabond is best depiction of Miyamoto Musashi's life 🖤
Is there a movie about this story? I would like to see it..
what about the fight between him and kojiro i think his name was
Dang. That was great. But we are missing the rest of the story
Yai great work full compilation favourite samurai fascinating full hour thank you for speak from my country Japan peace brother father thank you 😊.
You need to do one of these videos on the Life and Legend of Bruce Lee.
Read Matthew Polly's book to get an honest account of Lee's life. The story his estate has put out of Kung Fu Jesus has now been disproven
Yeah mean the actor ? 😂
Thanks for the story.... ☕️☕️
Great video! Can you make one on Honda Tadakatsu, (The unscathed Samurai)?
A fantastic video
Musashi THE G.O.A.T
Bro, the notificaion bell on the side of the video is so absolutely annoying, made me pause and break immersion several times on the phone, hate it enough to engage in comments about it, good job I guess, also cool video
Fantastic art panels, love and respect to the artist.
And to the channel for NOT using bloody generated images.
Thank you! We really appreciate the support ;)
We occasionally use AI, but the majority of our videos are made with original art from our amazing team and it's great to see support and appreciation for their work.
@@SeeUinHistory Of course, use and integrate all the tools you can wisely... But the art was just an instant sub and so distinguishable.
All the best to you all 💪
I have read his book The Book of Five Rings
The Go Rin Noh Sho (apologies for phonetic misspelling). Kinda like Sun Tsu's art of war, but more specifically focused on sword mastery and the path/philosophy of perfection.
I read it c.1987 back when I was dabbling in Iaiado and Aikido and various other forms. Injuries and surgery ended those hobbies prematurely for me, unfortunately.
Any good??
@@ahmedmozzam6957 Yes.
If it wasnt, I wouldnt have posted.
@@RovingPunster I've read it too.. it was part of my must reads: Along with Art of War and the 47 Ronin
@@MRHEEL-ys2rq That's great.
FWIW I used to help run 2 large online book discussion communities, so I could go on at length about must reads and personal favorites in various genres and nationalities.
Maybe read Prof Alexande C Bennett's book about Musashi as some of the stuff here are based on mythology more than history.
Also, the international budo uni in katsuura produced a book about two decades ago containing only the parts of Musashi's life that can be proven by historical records.
Bennett's book is probably the most reliable source of info produced in English and has all of Musashi's writings translated.
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Thank you
He’s also referenced in Samurai Champloo
There is a 3 DVD set you can get about this great man
Great work of arts. Your channel deserve 1,000 subcriptions from one person like me
That’s actually so hard 💯
5:25 monk uncle= muncle….say it out loud…there ya go hahaha such a reckless new word. Gona enjoy this one
I have read The Book Of Five Rings and HAGAKURE. They're the most cold-blooded books I've ever read.
youtube must think imc chad this is the only guy on my feed
Should be made more clear in the title/description that it is not actual history but mostly fictionalised.
For example the whole Takuan story is not a historical event and no one really knows the exact battles he took part in, or even on which side for that matter - the Sekigahara narrative presented here has been disputed by modern historians and there is even speculation that he might have been on the opposite Tokugawa side, but no one knows anything for sure as both are just speculations based on researching clan affiliations, not something there is direct evidence about.
Not to mention the whole descriptive sword fighting in battle that is pure fantasy (btw katana is a side arm used as a backup (or for civilian duelling) equivalent to a handgun, not a primary weapon in war where you would usually prefer something with more range).
Good storytelling, but nothing to do with history and should not be misunderstood or presented as such.
Yes, upvote this. people seem to romanticizing his story
It’s called a saga I’ve never seen anything historically accurate called a saga or story. The book of five rings however is a unique discretion of how to wage conflict it couples well with the art of war.
The video never mentions he wrote a book too The book of 5 rings. Great read
Trust me you wouldn't want to be around him. The reason why he quit at the age 29, was the dead would haunt him day and night. He had to carve stone statues of people in the walls of caves and make smoke offering asking for their forgiveness. Trust me you would not want to be in same room with a guy like that.
That was Awesome
Brave fencer musashi!
Highly underrated comment!
There's part 2?
That was great 👍🏿! Super cool inspirational motivational true to life story for a practicing martial artist.ℹ️💯✅❤️👌🏿👍🏿👊🏿✝️🙏🏿📖🗡🥷☯️😎
In the battle of Sekigahara, the Toyotomi coalition was not led by Hideyori, (as he was only 5 years old, and therefore spared after the loss), but Ishida Mitsunari, a loyal retainer of Hideyoshi.
what about the time before and after musashi? were there other legendary samurai then? what's the rest of his story? how and when did he die? was he ever beaten? guess i can look it
up.
Musashi died of stomach cancer. He never lost. He was trying to find enlightenment through the sword. His last duel used a wooded oar against what was considered the best of the time. It reminded him of his first duel at 13 ish. Both were probably very barbaric kills. He never dueled again. He teach his “Heaven Blade style”. Though he said he never perfected it. Musashi was probably left handed. Which would explain why he was so good at duel wielding. It was pretty much against the law or culture to wear your sword on you right side. Probably had to hide the fact he was left handed. As he aged he wrote the book titled “The 5 Rings”.
@@edwardrichard2561 ty for that! learn something new every day.
@@edwardrichard2561He lost his first fight.
Musashi (1584 -1645) is certainly the most famous samurai/ronin to westerners thanks to his philosophy and undefeated records in mostly deathly duels, but he is not really a legendary samurai in the same league as the Sengoku goats samurai.
Like one of the most powerful Sengoku warlord, Uesugi Kenshin. Historically (1530 -1578) he was a living legend and called The Dragon of Echigo. Uesugi was believed to be the reincarnation and avatar of Bishamonten. His extraordinary feats and prowess on the battlefields as a military genius, devastating warrior and war hero made his believers worshipped him as Kenshin the "God of War". These are real historical records about him.
@@snowshock8958 thanks!
this dude's life story reminds me of one of my favorite anime, Samurai X. well, almost...sort of.
I ❤ vagabond and it's the reason I. Clicked on this video
A pure savage
A pure talent..
A "natural"
Instinct, talent, determination.. ego.
Does that make him a "savage"?
Entering a duel with a Bokken?
Arrogant and somewhat mercenary..
I understand the point of “savage skill and determination”.. he owned that.
“Pure savage ability”? Yes, pure talent..
A "natural"..
Instinct, talent, determination.. ego.
Does that make a "savage"?
“A pure savage”??
I guess it boils down to semantics.. 👍😎
Be Well!!
There is a manga called vagabond that was inspired by miyamoto musashi definitly worth a read.
my brother katana is weilded a bit different please show the right one
One of the most fascinating things about history is how interconnected the events are across different cultures and time periods.
Can you make the story a little longer?
Im highly surprised that no one haven't made a video game or an anime just about him alone🤔
Fictional novel bio by Yoshikawa was made into a 3 movie series with Toshiro Mifune
Not a myth. Long live Japan 🗾
what was the name of the celebrated Samurai ???
I wish my parents had told me this during bed time...
Brave Fencer Musashiden
musashi was never a "legendary samurai", he was a ronin which is pretty different - ronin had no masters and were of low status compared to samurai. he also didn't "face epic battles", there's only concrete evidence that he fought in one conflict in his life, the shimabara rebellion. aside from that he fought a shitload of duels and won them all, which is (alongside the niten ichi-ryu style) what made him famous in japan
just when i thought there will be mentioning of "sasaki kojiro"🤣🤣🤣
That was very good the best I've seen
Dude was THE anime protagonist
What about himura battosai ,,kenshin
he’s not real, miyomoto was
He “decided” to leave home? From what I remember he was kicked out at the age of seven, after a particularly intense fight with his dad in which his father threw a knife at him, which he dodged, that stuck in the wall next to his head
I heard recently that many of his duels were won because while samurai fought with honor he fought dirty and would think nothing of throwing a knife at a samurai in a duel for example. From modern standards it makes sense to do anything to win a fight but it was unthinkable back then.
I read his book - The Five Rings, and then sent it to Sifu Andrew Sofos, so that he may learn from its wisdom
Wasn't Hideyori a child during Sekigahara? I read somewhere that tokugawa Ieyasu was opposed by a hHideyoshi loyalist Ishida...
So, was he the inspiration for making Runouni Kenshin???
This man had more monikers than MF DOOM 😂
Facts
It was common in the period to change names at different stages of life I believe.
MUSASHI
Wow. Man was the goat.
If you haven’t read Vagabond read it , it’s beautiful
Thank you ⚔️
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What is date of death on his toombstone? :)
A lone Samurai was called a Ronin. A samurai without a master.
I always wonder how true these stories are. They seem like anime before anime existed lol. I don't know enough about Japan to say whether this is more like a Johnny Appleseed or Joan of Arc. Although, the idea of a 13yo defeating an adult samurai with a wooden sword is ridiculous.
Im surprised Kojiro Sasaki didnt get a mention.
its possible he didnt exist
u watch too much record of ragnarok🤣🤣🤣
i gues u watch too much record of ragnarok😅🤣
I'm surprised everyone wants to talk about Kojiro but rarely hear of Gennosuke, which is a far more interesting story by all accounts
@@zimvgiguolivich1937 too much Samurai warriors lol
You forgot the part where he's resurrected in the present and fights Yujiro Hanma and goes "nah, I'd cut", but overall I really liked the video.
And yet he only sought peace.
Miyamoto munisai ❎
Shinmen munisai ✅
Musashi was not a “samurai” but rather a nobushi who was ronin by choice. People understandably focus on his many dramatic sword duels though he eventually abandoned the blade and retired to the solitary life of a hermit in pursuit of art and philosophy derived from his life experience as recounted in his Book of Five Rings, which is his ultimate legacy.
The title is misleading. Surely his saga didn’t end after he battled the clan. Where is the rest of the story?
Lung cancer
nice
Ubisoft should be taking notes