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Compare [[Yagyu Jubei]].
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== [[Literature]] ==▼
* ''The Book of Five Rings'', of course.▼
* ''Musashi'' by Eiji Yoshikawa. This has been adapted for other media several times, as seen below.▼
* In the [[Ciaphas Cain]], ''' HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!!!''' novel ''Duty Calls'', Musashi is part of a two for one reference when Cain (a famously skilled swordsman) briefly thinks of his old sword instructor, Miyamoto [[Cyrano De Bergerac|De Bergerac]]▼
* He appears as an immortal human in ''The Necromancer'', the fourth book in the ''Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel'' series as Niten.▼
* ''[[wikipedia:Time Machine (novel series)|Time Machine 3: Sword of the Samurai]]'', a [[Choose Your Own Adventure]]-style book with Musashi as the main character.▼
== [[Film]] ==▼
* Hiroshi Inagaki's "Samurai Trilogy", based on Eiji Yoshikawa's novel and starring [[Toshiro Mifune]] as Musashi:▼
** ''Samurai I - Miyamoto Musashi'' -- Honorary winner of the 1955 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.▼
** ''Samurai II - Duel at Ichijoji Temple''.▼
** ''Samurai III - Showdown at Ganryu Island''.▼
* ''[[Seven Samurai]]'' -- Kikuchiyo (also played by [[Toshiro Mifune]]) resembles Musashi in his youth, while Kyuuzo resembles Musashi near the end of his dueling career. The [[Single-Stroke Battle]] between Kyuuzo and an unnamed opponent early in the film was in fact inspired by one of Musashi's duels.▼
* ''Samurai Reincarnation''.▼
* ''Aragami''.▼
== [[Manga]] ==▼
* ''[[Vagabond]]'', a manga adaptation of the Yoshikawa novel by Takehiko Inoue (also author and artist of ''[[Slam Dunk]]''), albeit with notable differences in characters' backgrounds, events and personalities.▼
** The most striking character change would be that this Sasaki Kojirou is deaf, mute, and has a generally childish attitude... not to mention has had his "adoptive mother" kick multiple girls out of his bed. (Despite this, when she breaks up the first Musashi vs. Kojirou encounter -- over Kojirou trying to bisect Musashi's ''snowman'' with a tree branch -- due to ''dinner time'', he's happy to give her a piggyback ride back into the house.)▼
** As for events? When Musashi tries to put the feud with the Yoshioka behind him after {{spoiler|killing both the dojo head Seijurou and his younger brother Denshichiro, the new head is not the young Genjirou (in the novel Musashi charged through the Yoshioka ranks in a surprise attack to take out this last head) but rather the "third brother" Ueda Ryohei who plans to have all seventy Yoshioka men jump Musashi at Ichijouji. When Musashi finds out he at first does the smart thing and leaves the capital... only to run back down the mountain, charge into their midst, and he slaughters them ''all''}}.▼
* In ''[[Samurai Girl Real Bout High School]]'', Ryoko is challenged to a duel by Azumi, who then shows up late, leading one of the spectators to comment that Azumi is playing the same trick as Musashi.▼
* In ''[[Yaiba]]'' Musashi Miyamoto is a 410 years old [[Trickster Mentor]], still capable of kicking asses.▼
== [[Live Action TV]] ==▼
* '' [[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' -- The character name Takezo Kensei is a [[Shout-Out]] to Musashi. (Takezou is an alternate pronunciation of the ''kanji'' for Musashi. In the Yoshikawa novel, Shinmen Takezou becomes "Musashi of Miyamoto village," hence the name.)▼
* The NHK ''taiga'' (an annual, weekly historical period drama) for 2003 was ''[[MUSASHI]]'', a generally faithful adaptation of the Yoshikawa novel.▼
== [[Anime]] ==
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* ''[[Gintama]]'' has a ''Musashi-like person'', an balding old man dressed in a blue jacket, yellow cap, white fundoshi and practically nothing else. He lives in a cart which he calls "My Sweet Home". Prone to saying fairly decent things on occasion such as "we eat when we can".
* Then, of course, there's the infamous [[Musashi Gundoh]]... where a young Musashi fights demons using two pistols.
* ''[[Musashi: The Dream
* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'': The Devilbat's kicker is nicknamed Musashi and his rival is a man named Sasaki.
== [[
* ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]'' -- Usagi's family name is Miyamoto, and he became a ronin after being on the losing side of the Battle of Adachi Plain.▼
* ''[[Samurai Jack]]''.▼
* According to one limited series, [[Wolverine]] learned to be a [[Ninja]] from a master who once confronted Musashi -- and ''both'' of them backed down, realizing neither could win.▼
==
▲* Hiroshi Inagaki's "Samurai Trilogy", based on Eiji Yoshikawa's novel and starring [[Toshiro Mifune]] as Musashi:
* [[Hark! A Vagrant]] gives us a [http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=40 slightly different take] on his battle with Kojiro.▼
▲** ''Samurai I - Miyamoto Musashi'' -- Honorary winner of the 1955 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
** Fairly accurate, actually, apart from omitting the whole "sharpening the boat oar into a boken" thing. Essentially, he beat Kojiro in the head with a heavy piece of wood with a wedged end - kind of like the equivalent of whacking him with a baseball bat.▼
▲** ''Samurai II - Duel at Ichijoji Temple''.
▲** ''Samurai III - Showdown at Ganryu Island''.
▲* ''[[Seven Samurai]]'' -- Kikuchiyo (also played by [[Toshiro Mifune]]) resembles Musashi in his youth, while Kyuuzo resembles Musashi near the end of his dueling career. The [[Single-Stroke Battle]] between Kyuuzo and an unnamed opponent early in the film was in fact inspired by one of Musashi's duels.
▲* ''Samurai Reincarnation''.
▲* ''Aragami''.
▲== [[Literature]] ==
▲* ''The Book of Five Rings'', of course.
▲* ''Musashi'' by Eiji Yoshikawa. This has been adapted for other media several times, as seen below.
▲* In the [[Ciaphas Cain]], ''' HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!!!''' novel ''Duty Calls'', Musashi is part of a two for one reference when Cain (a famously skilled swordsman) briefly thinks of his old sword instructor, Miyamoto [[Cyrano De Bergerac|De Bergerac]]
▲* He appears as an immortal human in ''The Necromancer'', the fourth book in the ''Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel'' series as Niten.
▲* ''[[wikipedia:Time Machine (novel series)|Time Machine 3: Sword of the Samurai]]'', a [[Choose Your Own Adventure]]-style book with Musashi as the main character.
▲* '' [[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' -- The character name Takezo Kensei is a [[Shout-Out]] to Musashi. (Takezou is an alternate pronunciation of the ''kanji'' for Musashi. In the Yoshikawa novel, Shinmen Takezou becomes "Musashi of Miyamoto village," hence the name.)
▲* The NHK ''taiga'' (an annual, weekly historical period drama) for 2003 was ''[[MUSASHI]]'', a generally faithful adaptation of the Yoshikawa novel.
▲* ''[[Vagabond]]'', a manga adaptation of the Yoshikawa novel by Takehiko Inoue (also author and artist of ''[[Slam Dunk]]''), albeit with notable differences in characters' backgrounds, events and personalities.
▲** The most striking character change would be that this Sasaki Kojirou is deaf, mute, and has a generally childish attitude... not to mention has had his "adoptive mother" kick multiple girls out of his bed. (Despite this, when she breaks up the first Musashi vs. Kojirou encounter -- over Kojirou trying to bisect Musashi's ''snowman'' with a tree branch -- due to ''dinner time'', he's happy to give her a piggyback ride back into the house.)
▲** As for events? When Musashi tries to put the feud with the Yoshioka behind him after {{spoiler|killing both the dojo head Seijurou and his younger brother Denshichiro, the new head is not the young Genjirou (in the novel Musashi charged through the Yoshioka ranks in a surprise attack to take out this last head) but rather the "third brother" Ueda Ryohei who plans to have all seventy Yoshioka men jump Musashi at Ichijouji. When Musashi finds out he at first does the smart thing and leaves the capital... only to run back down the mountain, charge into their midst, and he slaughters them ''all''}}.
▲* In ''[[Samurai Girl Real Bout High School]]'', Ryoko is challenged to a duel by Azumi, who then shows up late, leading one of the spectators to comment that Azumi is playing the same trick as Musashi.
▲* In ''[[Yaiba]]'' Musashi Miyamoto is a 410 years old [[Trickster Mentor]], still capable of kicking asses.
== [[Music and Sound Effects]] ==▼
* ''Sun And Steel'' -- A song by popular British [[Heavy Metal]] band Iron Maiden about Musashi's life.▼
* According to [[wikipedia:Tsukahara Bokuden|Wikipedia]]:
{{quote|A famous Japanese folk tale tells of the young Miyamoto Musashi challenging [Tsukahara] Bokuden to a duel during a meal. When Musashi struck first, Bokuden parried the sword with the lid of the iron pot he was eating from. In reality the story has no basis in fact, Bokuden had died 13 years before Musashi was born.}}
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* Cloud in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'''s signature huge, oar-shaped sword is a [[Shout-Out]] to Musashi.
== Webcomics ==
▲* [[Hark! A Vagrant]] gives us a [http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=40 slightly different take] on his battle with Kojiro.
▲** Fairly accurate, actually, apart from omitting the whole "sharpening the boat oar into a boken" thing. Essentially, he beat Kojiro in the head with a heavy piece of wood with a wedged end - kind of like the equivalent of whacking him with a baseball bat.
== [[
▲* ''[[Samurai Jack]]''.
▲* ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]'' -- Usagi's family name is Miyamoto.
▲* According to one limited series, [[Wolverine]] learned to be a [[Ninja]] from a master who once confronted Musashi -- and ''both'' of them backed down, realizing neither could win.
▲== [[Music and Sound Effects]] ==
▲* ''Sun And Steel'' -- A song by popular British [[Heavy Metal]] band Iron Maiden about Musashi's life.
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