Shishido Baiken

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Shishido Baiken

Shishido Baiken (???? - Shishido Baiken) was a Japanese swordsman active in the early years of the Edo period

Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
(1603-1868). Baiken was a skilled swordsman, and soon on became a skilled practitioner of the kusarigama

Kusarigama

The is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of Kama on a metal chain with a heavy iron weight at the end. Though the kusarigama is derived from a farmer's scythe, and though the sickle was often carried as a weapon by farmers during the feudal era of Japan, these farmers did not carry kusarigama....
(a metal chain attached to a kama

Kama (weapon)

are Okinawan and Japanese traditional farming implements similar to a sickle used for reaping crops and also employed as a weapon. Before being used in martial arts, the kama was widely used throughout Asia to cut crops, mostly rice....
and a weight, also known as the chain and sickle). Around the year 1607, Baiken dueled the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi

, also known as Shinmen Takezo, Miyamoto Bennosuke, or by his Buddhist name Niten Doraku, was a Japanese people swordsman famed for his duels and distinctive style....
and was killed.

he manga Vagabond

Vagabond (manga)

is an ongoing manga by Takehiko Inoue, portraying a fictionalized account of Miyamoto Musashi life, on a loose adaptation of Eiji Yoshikawa novel Musashi ....
, the original Shishido Baiken was a bandit leader did use the kusarigama only to be killed by Tsujikaze Kohei, who then took up the name and weapon and became the source for the kusarigamas notoriety.

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Shishido Baiken (???? - Shishido Baiken) was a Japanese swordsman active in the early years of the Edo period
Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
(1603-1868). Baiken was a skilled swordsman, and soon on became a skilled practitioner of the kusarigama
Kusarigama

The is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of Kama on a metal chain with a heavy iron weight at the end. Though the kusarigama is derived from a farmer's scythe, and though the sickle was often carried as a weapon by farmers during the feudal era of Japan, these farmers did not carry kusarigama....
(a metal chain attached to a kama
Kama (weapon)

are Okinawan and Japanese traditional farming implements similar to a sickle used for reaping crops and also employed as a weapon. Before being used in martial arts, the kama was widely used throughout Asia to cut crops, mostly rice....
and a weight, also known as the chain and sickle). Around the year 1607, Baiken dueled the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi

, also known as Shinmen Takezo, Miyamoto Bennosuke, or by his Buddhist name Niten Doraku, was a Japanese people swordsman famed for his duels and distinctive style....
and was killed.

In Fiction
In the manga Vagabond
Vagabond (manga)

is an ongoing manga by Takehiko Inoue, portraying a fictionalized account of Miyamoto Musashi life, on a loose adaptation of Eiji Yoshikawa novel Musashi ....
, the original Shishido Baiken was a bandit leader did use the kusarigama only to be killed by Tsujikaze Kohei, who then took up the name and weapon and became the source for the kusarigamas notoriety. (As a hermit put it, the original associated with ne'er do wells, and only after his death did respectable swordsmen seek out [the new] Baiken.) His duel with Musashi would be significant for Musashi's use of both the long and short swords, allowing him to simply strike back with the katana after his wakizashi was ensnared. Kohei/Baiken would be defeated but survived thanks to Musashi's medical assistance.

In Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! he is an amnesiac Majima Gorohachi, who lost his left eye to an encounter with Sasaki Kojiro
Sasaki Kojiro

was a prominent Japanese swordsman, born in Fukui Prefecture. He lived during the Sengoku period and early Edo periods and is most remembered for his death while battling Miyamoto Musashi in 1612....
and therefore Baiken he wore a tsuba for an eyepatch.