The Matsui clan had a close relationship with Musashi MIYAMOTO, and there remains Musashi's letter to Okinaga ("the Letter to Nagaoka Sado-no-kami") which was written immediate before Musashi began to serve the Hosokawa clan. 松井家は、宮本武蔵が細川家に仕官する直前に興長に宛てた書状(長岡佐渡守宛書状)が残るなど武蔵と親交が深かった。 |