Munisai

A document dated 5 September 1607, purporting to be a transmission by Miyamoto Munisai of his teachings, suggests Munisai lived at least to this date.

Munisai and Musashi's birth date Munisai's tomb says he died in 1580, which obviously conflicts with the accepted birth date of 1584 for Musashi.

Munisai divorced her after Musashi's birth, whereupon she decamped for her father's house, leaving Musashi with Munisai.

Munisai had moved to northern Kyūshū and became Tadaoki's teacher, leading to the possibility that Munisai introduced the two.

This training did not last for a very long time, as in 1589, Munisai was ordered by Shinmen Sokan to kill Munisai's student, Honiden Gekinosuke.

Because of the uncertainty centering on Munisai (when he died, whether he was truly Musashi's father, etc.), Musashi's mother is known with even less confidence.

Here are a few possibilities: * Munisai's tomb was correct.

In 1592, Munisai died, although Tokitsu believes that the person who died at this time was really Hirata Takehito.

Miyamoto, 13. His father, Shinmen Munisai (新免無二斎) was an accomplished martial artist and master of the sword and jutte (also jitte).

Munisai then remarried to Yoshiko.

Musashi grew up treating Munisai's second wife, Omasa (daughter to Lord Shinmen) as his mother.

Musashi's father, Munisai, also fought against a master of the Yoshioka school and won 2 out of 3 bouts in front of the shogun at the time, Ashikaga Yoshiaki who granted him the title of "Unrivaled Under Heaven".

Omasa, Munisai's widow, was not Musashi's biological mother.