Akiyama (swordsman)

Akiyama (swordsman)

(fl. 16th cent.) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period who hailed from Tajima Province. A rather unknown figure, he is largely remembered for his defeat at the hands of the young Miyamoto Musashi.

References

*Toyota Masataka. "Niten Ki" (A Chronicle of Two Heavens)," in "Gorin no Shō", edited by Kamiko Tadashi. Tokyo: Tokuma-shoten, 1963.


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