Title: At Ganryûjima in Kyûshû, Miyamoto Musashi Fights Sasaki Ganryû
Date: 1843-47
Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora
Information: Miyamoto Musashi in his duel with Sasaki Ganryu (aka Sasaki Kojiro). In this
woodblock print he is shown using his trademark two sword style of fighting known as
Nito Ichi (two
swords as one
) or
Niten Ichi (two heavens as one)
though it is more commonly believed that Musashi used a bokken that he fashioned out of a boat oar to defeat Ganryu.
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