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...anese sword#Classification by school|Bizen ''Osafune'' school]] influenced by the Sōshū school. 14th century, [[Nanboku-chō period]]. [[Important Cult ...igatana''''' (打刀) and the term ''katana'' (刀) often refers to single-edged swords from around the world.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201015072822/http

...hools to be established was the [[Bujinkan|Bujinkan Organization]] in 1978 by martial artist [[Masaaki Hatsumi]]. The organization teaches nine different ...seum]] by [[Jinichi Kawakami]], and the Kuroryukan school, founded in 2004 by Nuno Santos, teaching Iga and Koga Ryu Ninjutsu.

...ble-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 61 duels (next is 33 by [[Itō Ittōsai]]). He is considered a [[Kensei (honorary title)|''Kensei'' ...of Mimasaka Province.<ref>Miyamoto, p. 17ff.</ref> Hirata was relied upon by Lord Shinmen and so was allowed to use the Shinmen name. As for "Musashi",

...rawing of the archetypical ninja from a series of [[Hokusai Manga|sketches by Hokusai]]. [[Woodblock printing in Japan|Woodblock print]] on paper. Volume By the time of the [[Meiji Restoration]] (1868), ''shinobi'' had become a topi