- Yagyū Hyōgonosuke
nihongo|Yagyū Hyōgonosuke|柳生兵庫助|extra=1579–1650 or — Toshiyoshi (利厳) was the founder of the Owari mainline of the
Yagyū Shinkage-ryū style of swordsmanship in the earlyEdo period . He was a grandson ofYagyū Muneyoshi (Sekishūsai).From 1603 to 1607, he served
Kato Kiyomasa . Thereafter, he became an itinerant warrior. Beginning in 1615, he servedTokugawa Yoshinao , the founder of the Owari branch of theTokugawa clan . He directly instructed Yoshinao in the Yagyū Shinkage-ryū.In legend
While the famous swordsman
Miyamoto Musashi had at one time stayed atNagoya , Musashi had noticed a certain warrior walking in the street, in which is way of carrying himself was striking to Musashi. Musashi then approaced Hyogonosuke, and Hyogonosuke did the same. Musashi then asked, "Aren't you Lord Yagyu Hyogonosuke?" Hyogonosuke replied, "I am. Aren't you Lord Miyamoto Musashi?". Though the fact that Musashi and Hyogonosuke had never once met each other at any time in the past, because of the way that he had carried himself, along with the certain martial energy that he had been emanated, It couldn't have been anyone else but Hyogonosuke. So instead of measuring each other in combat, Hyogonosuke and Musashi had instead conversed like old friends within the house of Yagyu.References
"Miyamoto Musashi - Life and Writings"
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