Miyamoto Musashi, Tokugawa-period warrior known in Japan as the “sword saint,” woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1838. © Victoria & Albert Museum, London/Art Resource, NY.

Miyamoto Musashi, Tokugawa-period warrior known in Japan as the “sword saint,” woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1838. © Victoria & Albert Museum, Art Resource, NY.