Sasaki ganryû (sasaki kojiro), from the series biographies of our country's swordsmen (honchô kendô ryakuden). Woodblock print (nishiki-e). This is the left side of a diptych showing miyamoto musashi (right) dressed for travelling looking across at sasaki kojiro (left) who stands in profile with clenched fist. These two great swordsmen agreed to fight on april 13, 1612, on ganryu island off the coast of bizen province. Date: 1845.
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