Shishido Baiken

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Shishido Baiken ( Japanese 宍 戸 梅 軒 ) was a Japanese swordsman from the Iga province of the Edo period . He was very skilled with the sword, but gradually specialized in handling the kusarigama (chain sickle) . Around 1607 he dueled with Miyamoto Musashi and was killed by him in Edo .

However, its actual existence is not historically secured. The first record of Musashi's duel with him comes from the Nitenki ( 二天 記 ), written in 1776, where he is called Shishido Bō . The name Shishido Baiken first appeared in Yoshikawa Eiji's novel Musashi .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tokeshi, Jinichi: Kendo: Elements, Rules, and Philosophy (Honolulu 2003), University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN 0824825985 , page 234
  2. ^ Makoto Sugawara, Burritt Sabin: Lives of Master Swordsmen , The East Publications, Inc., 1988
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Shishido is the family name, Baiken the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Shishido, Baiken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 宍 戸 梅 軒 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese swordsman
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH around 1607