I swear I will only do this for the pictures I really appreciate.
This is a statue of Sasaki Kojiro (left) versus Miyamoto Musashi (right). Musashi is probably one of the most famous swordsmen in the history of samurai culture. Kojiro was equally respected in his time, but his tale is only told as part of Musashi's.
Musashi arrived late by boat to a duel on a small island, and while on the way he fashioned his weapon from an oar. Kojiro wielded a sword much longer than Japanese standards with ease, but the oar was supposedly slightly longer.
Even though presenting wood against steel, Musashi managed to strike Kojiro down and enter the annals of history as an unwashed philosophizer, swordsman, artist, and poet, much like the two writers of this blog.
Please, do yourself a favor and read Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi. It is one of those novels that, while fictional, makes one really appreciate what one man can do in this world.
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ReplyDeleteI swear I will only do this for the pictures I really appreciate.
This is a statue of Sasaki Kojiro (left) versus Miyamoto Musashi (right). Musashi is probably one of the most famous swordsmen in the history of samurai culture. Kojiro was equally respected in his time, but his tale is only told as part of Musashi's.
Musashi arrived late by boat to a duel on a small island, and while on the way he fashioned his weapon from an oar. Kojiro wielded a sword much longer than Japanese standards with ease, but the oar was supposedly slightly longer.
Even though presenting wood against steel, Musashi managed to strike Kojiro down and enter the annals of history as an unwashed philosophizer, swordsman, artist, and poet, much like the two writers of this blog.
Please, do yourself a favor and read Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi. It is one of those novels that, while fictional, makes one really appreciate what one man can do in this world.