In the Japanese town of Iwakuni, you might come across an impressive statue of a swordsman in one of its largest and most popular parks. The statue carries with it an interesting bit of martial arts history associated with this town that I wanted to try and introduce you to here. It is a representation and tribute to the famed Sasaki Kojiro and this is a brief synopses of his connection to this city. While some of the details of my run-down are undoubtedly in dispute (the sources vary wildly in the details as this goes back the the dawn of the Tokugawa era when records were unreliable at best), I tried to present all the information as I have personally learned it. More resources are listed below. I hope you enjoy and as always, let me know if there is anything else I can help with!
“The Lone Samurai” by William Scott Wilson
“Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era” by Eiji Yoshikawa
An excellent documentary simply called “Samurai” hosted by Mark Dacascos can also be found via search.
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22 Comments
can you live in the brige
World greatest loser and the sword saint
I love the fact that Record of Ragnorok used real people
Poseidon got skewered by this guy
that famous itamae who made world famous Poseidon sushi ?
Aka the greatest loser aka the number one under the sun
Musashi:wins Kojiro Sasaki
Kojiro:wins Poseidon in ROR
Musashi:I'm greater then Poseidon, even Zeus stand no chance.
I believe that Kojiro was technically superior to Musashi, but Kojiro was killed because Musashi was tactically superior to Kojiro.
Wibu
Why does kojiro sasaki called a biggest loser?
Thanks broo
The best 2nd person🥈
I thinked I dueled this guy in Ghost of Tsushima… Maybe this is where the inspiration came from
Kojiro Sasaki is my hero, thank you so much for this overview. You are on point.
Rambling on and on and not enough information
Glad this dude won against Poseidon
Love that park! Excellent history lesson.
Thank you very much for the sharing – i would love to drop by to visit this place
This is very interesting I want to learn Japanese movies and learn about the folklore but I never heard of this Samurai 🏯🇯🇵🥢
Though I like Sasaki, I always considered him (like in the westerns) an upstart who wanted to go after all the famous gunfighters.
Please dont get me wrong, he was phenomenal, but could be arrogant because of his young age.
In the end, I have always favored Musashi because I read his book (Sho Rin No Go – The Book of Five Rings), the first time, when I was 10 yo.
I admit the strategy part of the book was over my head, but after reading it many times later in life, I grew to understand its meaning far more.
Musashi respected the long sword of Kojiro, that is why he made a sword from a boat oar………….and cracked Sasaki's skull with it.
Heard that Sasaki killed a god