In popular culture
Like most of the well-known samurai of his era, Sasaki was depicted in several places: *He plays a central role in the novel, Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa. His life is described in a parallel storyline. *In various film adaptations of his story or that of Miyamoto Musashi. For example, in ''Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō'' (''Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple''; 1955; Director / Screenplay: Hiroshi Inagaki). *In the manga '' Vagabond'', he plays a central role alongside Musashi and is shown here as deaf. *Tachibana Ukyo from the computer game '' Samurai Shodown'' is modelled after Sasaki, just like the character Haōmaru is modelled after Miyamoto Musashi. His signature technique is also called Tsubame Gaeshi. *In the visual novel and anime '' Fate/stay night'', Sasaki also played the role of a minor character. *In the video game '' Brave Fencer Musashi'', the archrival of the protagonist (Musashi) was named after him. *In the '' Pokémon series'', the original Japanese name for the Flying-type move Aerial Ace is ''Tsubame Gaeshi''. Additionally, theSee also
* Sasaki Kojirō in fiction * Miyamoto Musashi in fictionReferences
Sources
* ''Miyamoto Musashi: His Life and Writings'', Kenji Tokitsu (trans. Sherab Chodzin Kohn), Shambhala Press, 2004. * ''Miyamoto Musashi'', Eiji Yoshikawa (translated as '' Musashi'' by Charles S. Terry ) *Further reading
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