Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai (born 1585)

Sasaki Kojirō

16/17th-century Japanese swordsman; killed in a duel with Miyamoto Musashi

Sasaki Kojirō , also known by his fighting name Ganryū Kojirō, was a celebrated Japanese swordsman of the late Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods. Born in Fukui Prefecture, he founded the Ganryū school of swordsmanship, specializing in a distinctive long-sword technique most…