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Miyamoto Musashi

1584 - 1645

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Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵; Japanese pronunciation: [mʲi.ja.mo.to (|) mɯꜜ.sa.ɕi], c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), 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 (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 The Book of Five Rings (五輪の書, Go Rin No Sho) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miyamoto Musashi is the 103rd most popular writer (down from 83rd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Japan (down from 5th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Writer.

Miyamoto Musashi is most famous for being a samurai and his book The Book of Five Rings.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Miyamoto Musashi ranks 103 out of 7,302. Before him are Ursula K. Le Guin, Isaac Asimov, Paulo Coelho, Virginia Woolf, Guy de Maupassant, and Alexandre Dumas fils. After him are Arthur Rimbaud, François Rabelais, Jack London, Knut Hamsun, W. Somerset Maugham, and Stephen King.

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Among people born in 1584, Miyamoto Musashi ranks 1. After him are Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, William Baffin, Francisco de Quevedo, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Yuan Chonghuan, Matthias Gallas, John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Cornelis de Vos, Gaspar de Crayer, and Mehmed III Giray. Among people deceased in 1645, Miyamoto Musashi ranks 1. After him are Hugo Grotius, Michael of Russia, William Laud, Li Zicheng, Francisco de Quevedo, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Nur Jahan, Marie de Gournay, Feng Menglong, Mary Ward, and Anthony van Diemen.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Miyamoto Musashi ranks 10 out of 6,245. Before him are Hayao Miyazaki (1941), Akihito (1933), Oda Nobunaga (1534), Akira Kurosawa (1910), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), and Emperor Meiji (1852). After him are Naruhito (1960), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536), Haruki Murakami (1949), Yukio Mishima (1925), Yasunari Kawabata (1899), and Hideki Tojo (1884).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Miyamoto Musashi ranks 2. Before him are Matsuo Bashō (1644). After him are Haruki Murakami (1949), Yukio Mishima (1925), Yasunari Kawabata (1899), Murasaki Shikibu (973), Osamu Dazai (1909), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), and Sei Shōnagon (966).

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