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Hirao Yoemon
was a swordsman during the Edo period (17th century) of Japan. He was also possibly one of Miyamoto Musashi's adopted sons. Biography Early life Yoemon was descended from the paternal side of Miyamoto Musashi's family and was likely adopted by him at an unknown time. The name "Takemura" was used by Musashi during later life. Career Yoemon was known throughout history as one of Miyamoto Musashi , was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels. Miyamoto is considered a ''Kensei (honorary title), kensei'' (swo ...'s most senior students. After Musashi had left the province of Owari, Yoemon received the successorship to the School of Musashi. Two swordsman of note that had propagated the School of Musashi as disciples under Yoemon were Takemura Masatoshi and Hayashi Shiryu. After Shiryu had been trained by Yoemon for a great length of time, Shiryu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Language
is the principal language of the Japonic languages, Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages and the variously classified Hachijō language. There have been many Classification of the Japonic languages, attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as Ainu languages, Ainu, Austronesian languages, Austronesian, Koreanic languages, Koreanic, and the now discredited Altaic languages, Altaic, but none of these proposals have gained any widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), extensive waves of Sino-Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyamoto Musashi
, was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels. Miyamoto is considered a ''Kensei (honorary title), kensei'' (sword saint) of Japan. He was the founder of the Niten Ichi-ryū (or Nito Ichi-ryū) style of swordsmanship, and in his final years authored and ''Dokkōdō'' (獨行道, ''The Path of Aloneness''). Both documents were given to Terao Magonojō, the most important of Miyamoto's students, seven days before Musashi's death. ''The Book of Five Rings'' focuses on the character of his Niten Ichi-ryū school in a concrete sense; his own practical martial art and its generic significance. ''The Path of Aloneness'', on the other hand, deals with the ideas that lie behind it, as well as his life's philosophy in a few short aphoristic sentences. It is believed that Miyamoto was a friend of Mizuno Katsushige, Mizuno Katsunari, a Tokugawa shogunate gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyamoto Mikinosuke
was a retainer of the Japanese clan of Honda during the Edo period of Japan. Mikinosuke was famous for being the first adopted son of the famous swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. Biography Early life Mikinosuke was the third son of Nakagawa Shimanosuke. Shimanosuke served Mizuno Katsunari, a near vassal of Tokugawa Ieyasu who was Musashi's commander during the siege of Osaka castle. It is almost certain that Shimanosuke died during the siege and it is likely that Musashi took custody of Mikinosuke as well as his younger brother Kurōtarō afterwards. Possibly due to a friendship between the men. Afterwards it appears their adopted father brought them to Hirafuku, where Musashi's stepmother Yoshiko was living with her husband, Tasumi Masahisa. Another document also states that Mikinosuke was the grandson of Shinmen Sokan who was a cousin of Musashi. Career Sometime after 1617 Mikinosuke entered the service of the ''daimyō'' Honda Tadatoki who was the son of Honda Tadamasa whom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyamoto Kurōtarō
is a Japanese video game designer, video game producer, producer and Creative director#Video games, game director at Nintendo, where he has served as one of its representative directors as an executive since 2002. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential designers in video games, he is the creator of some of the List of video games considered the best, most acclaimed and List of best-selling video game franchises, best-selling game franchises of all time, including ''Mario (franchise), Mario,'' ''The Legend of Zelda'', ''Donkey Kong'', ''Star Fox'' and ''Pikmin''. More than 1 billion copies of games featuring franchises created by Miyamoto have been sold. Born in Sonobe, Kyoto, Miyamoto graduated from Kanazawa College of Art, Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts. He originally sought a career as a manga artist, until developing an interest in video games. With the help of his father, he joined Nintendo in 1977 after impressing the presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyamoto Iori
was a samurai during the Edo period of Japan. Iori was an adopted son of legendary ronin Miyamoto Musashi. Early life Iori was the adopted son of Miyamoto Musashi. He was adopted at the age of 11 by the master swordsman in 1623, when his adoptive father was 39 and living in Edo. The genealogy of Iori's grandson states that Iori was Musashi's nephew from his eldest brother. Career Iori was a vassal of Ogasawara Tadazane, a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok .... Iori's rise under Ogasawara's service was exceptionally fast. Iori entered at age 15 as a page and soon after, he became an official vassal. By 1632, Iori received 2500 koku and became one of Ogasawara's principal vassals. By 1638, his salary was increased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edo Period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized by prolonged peace and stability, urbanization and economic growth, strict social order, Isolationism, isolationist foreign policies, and popular enjoyment of Japanese art, arts and Culture of Japan, culture. In 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu prevailed at the Battle of Sekigahara and established hegemony over most of Japan, and in 1603 was given the title ''shogun'' by Emperor Go-Yōzei. Ieyasu resigned two years later in favor of his son Tokugawa Hidetada, Hidetada, but maintained power, and defeated the primary rival to his authority, Toyotomi Hideyori, at the Siege of Osaka in 1615 before his death the next year. Peace generally prevailed from this point on, making samurai largely redundant. Tokugawa sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. The province was created in 646. Owari bordered on Mikawa, Mino, and Ise Provinces. Owari and Mino provinces were separated by the Sakai River, which means "border river." The province's abbreviated name was . Owari is classified as one of the provinces of the Tōkaidō. Under the '' Engishiki'' classification system, Owari was ranked as a "superior country" (上国) and a "near country" (近国), in relation to its distance from the capital. History Owari is mentioned in records of the Nara period, including the '' Kujiki'', although the area has been settled since at least the Japanese Paleolithic period, as evidenced by numerous remains found by archaeologists. Early records mention a powerful “Owari clan”, vaguely related to, or allied with the Yamato clan, who built massive kofun burial mounds in several locations within the prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takemura Masatoshi
Takemura (written: 竹村 or, more rarely, 武村, 竹邑 or 武邑) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Hiroshi Takemura, Japanese voice actor * Katsushi Takemura, Japanese professional wrestler * Kiriko Takemura, Japanese singer and model, known under the pseudonym Kyary Pamyu Pamyu * Masayoshi Takemura, Japanese politician * Mitsuhiro Takemura, Japanese scholar * Nobukazu Takemura Nobukazu Takemura (竹村延和 ''Takemura Nobukazu''; born August 28, 1968, in Hirakata, Osaka) is a Japanese musician and artist. He became interested in music at a young age by listening to the radio, and began to make music at home with a t ..., Japanese musician * Takemura Yoemon, Japanese swordsman * Yoshiya Takemura, Japanese football player See also * Takemura Station, a railway station in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayashi Shiryu
Hayashi Shiryu was a notable swordsman during the Edo period (17th century) of Japan. Shiryu originally was a student of the Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū style of swordsmanship before becoming a disciple under the famous Miyamoto Musashi , was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels. Miyamoto is considered a ''Kensei (honorary title), kensei'' (swo .... Before Shiryu had joined Musashi, he had dueled with him in a dojo. Musashi defeated him, in which he even lost consciousness after leaving the dojo. After reflecting on their duel, Musashi felt that Shiryu had shown considerable talent in the way he had fought, and thus his students took care of his recovery. Shiryu from then onward became a student under Musashi after he had completely recovered. After Musashi left the Owari region, Shiryu continued to study under the guidance of Takemura Yoemon, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Swordfighters
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japanese studies , sometimes known as Japanology in Europe, is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese language, history, culture, litera ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
