Miyamoto MusashiWP (宮本武蔵WP?) is a historical Japanese figure. He is the male version from Proper Human History, in contrast to the female version from a pruned world-line.
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Background[]
A swordsman from the early Edo periodWP, Miyamoto Musashi was renowned as the strongest swordsman in the history of Japan. He founded the Niten Ichi-ryūWP (二天一流WP?) school of swordsmanship; a martial art that involved the dual-wielding of a katanaWP and wakizashiWP.[2]
Musashi was born in Oohara, Sakushu (modern day MimasakaWP, in the Okayama PrefectureWP), at 1584. His father was a practitioner of martial arts named Shinmen Munisai, who served as an instructor of martial arts to the Shinmen HouseWP of lords of the Takayama Castle, and who received the name of Shinmen from his employer’s family. Shinmen Munisai built a dojo of JutteWP techniques in the Miyamoto village of the Yoshino district, and Musashi would later call himself “Miyamoto” due having this land as his hometown.[2]
He left behind many anecdotes and went through numerous battles against martial artists upon reaching adulthood - especially during the ten years of his 20s. Those famous bouts are even now seen as a staple of the entertainment industry. However, the truth behind the episodes of these ten years of battle is mostly wrapped in mystery and there are strong suspicions about them being mere fiction.[2]
The historical Musashi Miyamoto was a devout of Tenman Dai-Jizai Tenjin, and he can be considered his guardian deity. Tenman Dai-Jizai Tenjin is the name given to the heavenly god of the Dazai Prefecture’s Tenmanguu Shrine; in other words, the amalgamation of the thunder god and Japan’s most prominent vengeful spirit Sugawara-no-Michizane and Dai-Jizai Ten Mahesvara (also known as Shiva, the Hindu God of Destruction). Additionally, Dai-Jizai Ten is also considered an avatar of Guanyin. In reality, before Sugawara-no-Michizane started to be worshipped as the heavenly god of scholarship at the end of the Heian Era, he had already been conferred the divine name of Tenman Dai-Jizai Tenjin, so, putting it bluntly, Tenman Dai-Jizai Tenjin is Sugawara-no-Michizane’s aspect as a wrathful god traced over to Shiva. It is speculated that the reason Musashi chose the thunder god as the object of his devotion is because most kenjutsu practitioners before him and their schools were devout to the Kashima Shrine, and the god Takemizuchi worshipped there was said to be the thunder god’s ancestor. Takemizuchi, the god of thunder-turned-god of kenjutsu. In response to that, since Musashi chose to perfect himself on “the art of the sword” instead of “the technique of the sword”, he did not devote himself to the same god of thunder or kenjutsu, but to Tenman Dai-Jizai Tenjin, who also has an aspect as the god of scholarship. Or so it is speculated.[2][3]
At age 13, he was already strong enough to put adults to shame. He challenged Kihei Arima, a warrior-in-training from a village nearby, and killed him in the fight. Later, at age 17, when Musashi was full of ambition, he and his village friend Matahachi joined the Battle of Sekigahara as members of the Western Army. He experienced a brutal defeat. After losing the war, he fled back to his village perplexed, was condemned for the underlying crime of belonging to the defeated army, and had the bitter experience of being arrested for 3 years. But there, he met High Priest Takuan and his friend Terumasa Ikeda, who caused Musashi’s change from a beastly murderous scoundrel to a respectable warrior. Afterwards, Musashi travelled all over the country, met powerful enemies like the Yoshioka household from the capital, the Houzouin from Nara, and the Yagyuu clan, and kept maturing from his interactions with them. Before long, Musashi embraces the decision of pursuing “the art of the sword” instead of “the techniques of the sword”. However, this form of maturing was fleeting as dew if compared to the cruelty of the world. People die if they do not eat, and they can get sick if hit by the rain. Musashi was still too young to reach an unfeeling mental state while still living. Pushed by the multiple intertwinings in their fates, the people’s expectations, and his own high fame as a warrior, Musashi challenges Ganryuu’s Kojirou Sasaki to a battle. This fight was definitely not a long one, but it was a fierce clash between their martial skills and their humanities. Musashi got a hard-fought victory, but commented “I’m not sure whether or not I can really find another enemy like you in my life” on Kojirou. The texts said “Kojirou believed in the sword of power and technique, while Musashi believed in the sword of the spirit. That was the only difference between them.” Their clash was truly the battle between “the technique of the sword” vs. “the art of the sword”. There are no records of how Musashi lived after that fight. The only clue he left was “The crash of the waves is constant in the world. (…) Someone will know. About the heart two meters under the water. About the water’s depth.” After numerous battles, Musashi looked back at the 30 years of his life and reached the realization that him excelling at his martial arts was not the only reason for him to continuously win all his battles so far. In a sense, you could say that after 30 years, Musashi finally faced the path of martial arts.[2][3]
In real life Musashi fought in the Shimabara Rebellion against Amakusa Shirou's followers, but in Fate he says that it ended before he could participate.[4]
Musashi adopted several children, including Iori and Kaya.
Book of Five Rings[]
Before dying, Musashi wrote a book about the mental state he reached during his lifetime and the techniques he cultivated. The book was split into 5 volumes titled Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Void. They are a compiled documentation of the human known as “Musashi”. The Book of Five Rings is composed by: the Book of Earth, containing the ideas for the Niten Ichi-ryuu’s tactics and a summary of them; the Book of Water, containing the concrete techniques; the Book of Fire, containing the art of war in the dimensions of tactics and strategy; the Book of Wind, explaining that one’s basic understanding of the Niten Ichi-Ryuu “will come naturally to your subconscious” by rejecting specific tactics and techniques. (For example, one random part in the Fire volume states “Use the same attack up to two times but never repeat it a third time”, but this idea only applies to real battles); And lastly, in the Book of Void, it contains Musashi’s personal understanding of the “Void”, as well as so-called “confrontation” techniques. It ends saying “The Void contains no evil, it’s only filled with good. Knowledge is filled. Logic is filled. The path is filled. The heart is void. Additionally, it is said that Musashi only finally felt like he learned the path of martial arts at the age 50.”[2][3]
Miyamoto Musashi regarded the Book of Earth, the first section of the Book of Five Rings, as necessary groundwork to undertake when in pursuit of the essence of the art of combat. The Book of Earth therefore acts as a sort of beginner's guide, outlining all the arts of combat that Musashi himself mastered as well as explanations of how they should be put into practice.[5]
In order to study and master Niten Ichiryu, Miyamoto Musashi believed that one must be as pure and shapeless as clear water. His extended thoughts on the matter can be found in the Book of Water, the section of the Book of Five Rings, where he details the art of using the long sword in the two-sword style.[5]
Miyamoto Musashi saw in all flames, both big and small, a fierceness that reflects how one must fight when using Niten Ichiryu. This concept is expounded upon in the Book of Fire section of his Book of Five Rings, where he details practical techniques that can be used to seize victory in battle. In the preface of the Book of Fire, Musashi states that learning to fight while staring death in the face, knowing the boundary between life and death, and knowing the fighting style of the enemy will lead to certain victory.[5]
In the fourth section of his Book of Five Rings, known as the Book of Wind, Miyamoto Musashi analyzes and candidly reviews other schools of swordsmanship. Differing from other similar guides, Musashi advocates in his book that studying the styles of other schools leads to a deeper understanding of Niten Ichiryu and helps one avoid the common pitfall of becoming stuck in one way of thinking. ...Incidentally, a certain spell book that purports to have traveled with Musashi for over half of his lifetime asserts to this day that it was his keen insights that prompted Musashi to write the Book of Wind.[5]
In the final chapter of the Book of Five Rings, the Book of the Void, Miyamoto Musashi concisely summarizes the road to mastering Niten Ichiryu using the concept of the Void. Unlike the other books, the Book of the Void consists solely of a brief introduction. Though short, the Book of the Void reflects Musashi's state of mind in his later years. Miyamoto Iori poured over it countless times in his early childhood, attempting to glean knowledge from between its lines.[5]
Appearance[]
Miyamoto Musashi is an elderly man suffering from lung cancer. He wears a green kimono and has shoulder-length white hair with a short beard.
Personality[]
He is solemn, patient, and self deprecating. He prays to Buddha for strength to stay alive.[6]
Musashi once told Iori that the reason he adopted him was to train him as a worthy opponent, not out of love or compassion. Musashi sees his Niten Ichiryu as not mere swordplay, but as a precept of ensuring peace. However seeing how kind Iori is, Musashi feels that his teachings only bring Iori pain.[7] He says that he doesn’t know how children think and that he cannot understand.[8]
When he was younger his personality was closer to the female Musashi's. She is surprised to hear that the male Musashi grew old and became a "man of culture".[9]
There are anecdotes of Yagyuu Munenori having criticized Musashi’s existence during his lifetime. He said things such as “Musashi is a member of the Western Army” and “an enemy of Tokugawa.” In his lifetime, Munenori never clashed nor met with Musashi, but was in fact mindful about him------[10]
As for what he thinks of the Miyamoto Musashi of his own world….that remains a mystery for now.[10]
Houzouin Inshun describes that female Musashi is like the Musashi he knew who wouldn’t readily admit defeat. He later says the Musashi he knew would never help anyone for free.[11]
The Crimson Codex considers Musashi his friend.[5]
Osakabehime describes both Musashi are scary and the force of their smile is too much.[12]
Role[]
Fate/Grand Order[]
The Musashi who appears in the Shimosa Subcategory Singularity is a still living Musashi who is sickly and dying years before his normal date of death. Sitting alone in a cave, he is awaiting his final opponent. He acts as the narrator for the chapter.
Fate/Samurai Remnant[]
Musashi passed away before he was able to finish teaching the secrets of Niten Ichiryu to his adopted son, Miyamoto Iori. Musashi left behind the Crimson Codex as an heirloom, which teaches Iori Magecraft.[13]
Other appearances[]
In Fate/type Redline Major Magatsu believes that he summoned Musashi as a Berserker, but Berserker corrects him that he is actually "Oni Musashi", not Miyamoto Musashi.
Abilities[]
When comparing him to his female counterpart, her dual-wielding style is said to be a lot flashier than his.[14]
His female counterpart says that he was able to touch the Throne of Void.[15] Hikaru Sakurai calls him a Sword Saint.[16]
Records state Musashi had numerous favorite swords. Inscriptionless Kinjuu: A tachi from the Nanbokuchou Period, which had its inscription erased by scratches. It was the sword used to slay hundreds of Yoshioka retainers in the battle against the Yoshioka household, along with the 85cm straight sword Ryoukai. Izumi-no-kami Fujiwara Kaneshige and Kazusa-no-suke Kaneshige: Swords said to be made by Musashi himself. Those aside, there are also records for swords named Musashi Masamune and Yamatokokujuu Kunimune. Girl Musashi did not have any of these named swords, but, just like her historical counterpart, she also possessed multiple katanas.[3]
Noble Phantasm[]
If summoned as a Servant, one of his Noble Phantasm would be Oar Wooden Sword.
Development[]
Musashi was designed by Rei Wataru. His design first appeared in the Shimousa manga adaptation by Wataru, then again in Fate/Samurai Remnant.
References[]
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order Epic of Remnant: - Pseudo-Singularity III: The Stage of Carnage: Shimousa - Section 15: Ultima Cantica: The Stage of Carnage, Onriedo (Ending)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
[] Fate/Grand Order - Miyamoto Musashi (Saber) Profile [T] Miyamoto Musashi - Saber
Illustrator and Voice actor
Illustrator: Hirokazu Koyama
Voice Actor: Ayane Sakura
Parameters
Strength: B
Endurance: B
Agility: B
Mana: E
Luck: B
Noble Phantasm: B
Personal Skills
Fifth Form: A
Heavenly Eye: A
Nothingness: A
Class Skills
Magic Resistance: A
Noble Phantasm
Six Realms Five Planes - The Divine Figure of Kurikara
Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Profile
A swordsman from the early Edo Period, famous as the strongest swordmaster in Japanese history.
Learned in the “Niten Ichi-ryu” (a school that was supposedly founded by Musashi), an expert of “dual wielding” that employs a long sword and a short sword.
....or so it should have been, but seems that her circumstances are somehow different from the Musashi that left his name in history.
“Eh? The ‘Musashi’ in this world is a man? And also extremely famous? What a surprise!”
As you see, the person herself has a relaxed, open attitude that never gets worked up.
Having no particular interest in victory or prestige, yet sloven with alcohol, a sucker for money and weak against free food.
However, all those who confronted and were beaten by her in battle said this in the end:
---a vibrant flower of tengen(1). Her sword reaches the heights of nothingness.
Level 1 Bond
Height/Weight: 167cm・56kg
Source: Historical fact
Region: Japan
Alignment: Chaotic Good Gender: Female
“My formal name? Shinmen Musashi-no-Kami Fujiwara no Harunobu. Still, it’s easier if you just call me Musashi.”
Level 2 Bond
In the proper history, Musashi was born in Oohara, Sakushu (modern day Mimasaka, in the Okayama prefecture), at 1584.
His father was a practitioner of martial arts named Shinmen Munisai, who served as an instructor of martial arts to the Shinmen House of lords of the Takayama Castle, and who received the name of Shinmen from his employer’s family. Shinmen Munisai built a dojo of jutte techniques in the Miyamoto village of the Yoshino district, and Musashi would later call himself “Miyamoto” due having this land as his hometown.
He left behind many anecdotes and went through numerous battles against martial artists upon reaching adulthood - especially during the ten years of his 20s. Those famous bouts are even now seen as a staple of the entertainment industry.
However, the truth behind the episodes of these ten years of battle is mostly wrapped in mystery and there are strong suspicions about them being mere fiction.
Level 3 Bond
Cheerful and openhearted, a female swordsman that is lively yet dignified.
Constantly full of pride, acting complacently, but that does not mean she is looking down on her opponent. She is merely enjoying life.
Her way of expressing emotions is somewhat great. She greatly laughs and gets greatly surprised.
While she has a broad-minded personality that laughs off at most things, due being “someone who masters the way of the sword” at her roots, she is very dry and severe in regards to the taking of lives.
That being said, she falls in love easily and likes to be depended on very much.
She also likes to be praised very much. Weak to flattery. A banchou disposition that loves a brawl. Although she has a sense of justice, she never preaches to be righteous herself.
Fundamentally a carefree wandering vagabond, but she becomes ruthless when coming across scenes such as “an one-sided massacre”, “trampling on people’s dignity, convictions for fun” or “stealing my food when I’m hungry”.
Level 4 Bond
- Heavenly Eye: A
Heavenly Eye is regarded as “the power to accomplish an objective”.
Once she has decided to do something, she will devote her body and soul to its fulfillment and achieve it without fail. You might say that this is something that she places her entire existence on her gaze and projects it onto her objective.
In Musashi’s case, her Heavenly Eye is pointed only at the deed of “cutting a certain place”.
For example, once she has decided to “cut the opponent’s right arm”, she will server said right arm by taking all and every measures.
As a result, her attack becomes the optimal answer for a slash - “a sword stroke without anything pointless, which makes even time and space yield”.
A power to take all the “measures for the sake of achieving an objective” and “narrowing them down to one”.
You might as well say that this is an extremely unique set of mystic eyes, which confines the naturally infinite futures into “just a single” result.
Level 5 Bond
- Nothingness: A
The highest order a swordsman can attain. The ultimate mental state.
It corresponds to the concept of suigetsu(2) of the Yagyuu Shinkage-ryu.
One is nothing, thus invincible. Only a swordsman who has reached the infinite mental state can perceive this.
- The Book of Five Rings
Right before death, Musashi compiled the mental state he attained during his lifetime, his cultivated techniques, into one book.
Divided into the five volumes of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Void, this book was the culmination of the human being called “Musashi”.
The Book of Five Rings gives an outline of the Niten Ichi-ryu and explains its ideology as an art of war in the Book of Earth, explains concrete techniques on the Book of Water, talks about the art of war in the dimensions of tactics and strategy, and - just like the above-mentioned - explains the fundamental understanding of the Niten Ichi-ryu by means of a repudiation of other schools.
Finally, it has been said that Musashi’s own understanding about “emptiness”, as well as the above-mentioned technique of “confrontation”, has been written down on the Book of Void.
Interlude
???
(1): roughly, center of heaven. In the ancient Chinese cosmology, the tengen was the source from which all creation grew from, the “vitality of heavens”.
(2): moon on the water. In a broad way, this is a notion that a master warrior can easily perceive his opponent’s intentions so long he maintains a calm state of mind, but not so much when he is agitated. Just like the reflection of the moon on the water.宮本武蔵 - セイバー
イラストレーター・声優
ILLUST:こやまひろかず
CV:佐倉綾音
パラメータ
筋力:B
耐力:B
敏捷:B
魔力:E
幸運:B
宝具:B
保有スキル
第五勢 A
天眼 A
無空 A
クラス別能力
対魔力 A
宝具
六道五輪・倶利伽羅天象
ランク:A
種別:対人宝具
キャラクター詳細
日本史上最強の剣豪として名高い、江戸時代初期の剣術家。
武蔵が創始したとされる流派“二天一流”を身につけ、大刀と小刀を用いる“二刀流”の達人。
……の筈なのだが、正しい歴史に残された武蔵とはどうも事情が異なるようだ。
「え? こっちの世界だと武蔵って男なの? しかも凄い有名なんてびっくり!」
本人はこの通り、気負う事のない自然体。
勝利にも名誉にもさして興味はなく、酒にだらしなく、金に目がなく、タダ酒に弱い。
だが彼女と戦い、敗れた者はみなこう残した。
―――鮮やかなり天元の花。その剣、無空の高みに届く。
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身長/体重:167cm・56kg
出典:史実
地域:日本
属性:混沌・善 性別:女性
「正式な名前? 新免武蔵守藤原玄信(しんめんむさしのかみふじわらのはるのぶ)。でも、武蔵だけのが楽でいいわ」
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正しい史実においては、作州(今の岡山県美作市)大原の生まれ。1584年生。
父は竹山城主新免家に仕えた兵法指南役で、主家から新免の名を与えられ、新免無二斎を称した武芸者である。
新免無二斎は十手術の道場を吉野郷宮本村に構え、武蔵はこの地を故郷としたため、後に宮本姓を名乗った。
後に成人し多くの逸話を残すが、特に20代の10年間には数々の武芸者と戦いをくり広げ、その名勝負は今もエンターテイメントの定番のひとつとして認識されている。
しかしながらその10年間の戦いのエピソードのほとんどは実状が謎で、フィクションの疑いも色濃い。
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明朗快活、凛としながら瑞々しい女性剣士。
つねに得意満々、余裕をもっているが、相手を見下している訳ではない。単に人生を楽しんでいるだけ。
感情表現がやや大きい。よく笑い、よく驚く。
たいていの事は笑って流す大らかな性格だが、その根底にあるものは“剣の道を究める者”なので、命のやりとりに関してはたいへんドライ&シビア。
それはそれとして惚れやすく、頼られるの大好き。
ほめられるのも大好き。お世辞に弱い。ケンカ好きな番長気質。正義感ではあるが、自分から正義を唱える事はない。
基本的には根無し草の気楽な風来坊だが、『一方的な虐殺』『人の矜持、信念を娯楽のために踏みにじる』『空腹時にメシを奪われる』このいずれかの場面に出会すと修羅と化す。
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○天眼:A
天眼は「目的を果たす力」とされる。
一つの事柄を成しえると決めたらその成就のために全身全霊を傾け、必ず達成するもの。自己の全存在を視線にのせ、目的に投射するもの、といってもよい。
武蔵の場合は『その場所を斬る』事にのみ天眼が向けられる。
たとえば『相手の右腕を切る』と決めたが最後、あらゆる手段を講じて右腕を切断する。
それは最適解としての斬撃、『無駄のない、時間と空間をねじ伏せる一刀』となる。
『目的達成の為の手段』を『一つに絞る』力。
無限にあるべき未来を『たった一つ』の結果に限定する、極めて特殊な魔眼と言ってもいい。
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○無空:A
剣者が到達する最高の位。究極の境地。
柳生新陰流・水月に相当する。
無空なるが故に無敵。これ捉える者、無限の境地に達した剣者のみ。
○五輪の書
武蔵はその生涯にて至った境地、培った技法を死の直前に書としてまとめ上げた。
それは地水火風空の5巻に分かれた書で、“武蔵”というひとりの人間の集大成であった。
五輪の書は、地の巻にて二天一流の兵法としての理念とその概略を、水の巻では具体的な技法を、火の巻では戦略や戦術の次元での兵法について、風の巻ではある特定の技や戦法を否定することによって二天一流に対する根本理解を"自ずと読者の脳裏に浮かび上がらせる"形で解説している。
そして最後の空の巻には、武蔵なりの“空”に対する理解が、前述の“相対”の技法によって書き記されているという。
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??? - Heavenly Eye: A
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Fate/Grand Order material V - Miyamoto Musashi, profile translated by ComunCoutinho
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order Epic of Remnant: - Pseudo-Singularity III: The Stage of Carnage: Shimousa - Section 4: Seconda Cantica: Inferno (Beginning)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Fate/Samurai Remnant - Glossary: Terminology
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order Epic of Remnant: - Pseudo-Singularity III: The Stage of Carnage: Shimousa - Prelude
- ↑ Fate/Samurai Remnant - Prologue
- ↑ Fate/Samurai Remnant - Chapter 3
- ↑ Fate/Samurai Remnant - Chapter 1
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Fate/Grand Order material VI - Profile of Yagyuu Munenori, translated by Smoof101.
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shimosa Province: The Stage of Rivers of Blood and Mountains of Corpses - Section 1: Prima Cantica Purgatorio (Beginning)
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order material VI Material Profile of Osakabehime, translated by BananaShiki at Reddit.
- ↑ Fate/Samurai Remnant official website: Characters
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shimosa Province: The Stage of Rivers of Blood and Mountains of Corpses - Section 10: Kalasutra Hell (Beginning)
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order - Musashi's Trial Quest: The First Gate
- ↑ 4Gamer Fate/Samurai Remnant launch interview translated by ComunCoutinho