In those days, Ganryu-jima Island (located at the Kanmon Strait) was called Funa-shima Island (literally, 'boat island') and belonged to the Kokura Domain of Buzen Province (at present, it belongs to Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture); at the island, Musashi fought with a heihoka (tactician), Ganryu, in the Keicho era (1596-1615). |
これは慶長年間に当時豊前小倉藩領であった舟島(関門海峡に浮かぶ巌流島、現在は山口県下関市に属している)で、岩流なる兵法者と戦ったとされるものである。 |