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Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi was a Japanese swordsman, strategist and artist, famed for fighting some sixty duels without defeat, including his contest with Sasaki Kojiro in 1612. He developed the two-sword style known as Niten Ichi-ryu. In his last years he lived at Kumamoto under the patronage of the Hosokawa lords, where he wrote The Book of Five Rings and painted ink works.
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