 Shishido Baiken

Shishido Baiken (宍戸梅軒, also 宍戸某 "Shishido Nanigashi") is the name of a Japanese swordsman believed to have been active in the early years of the Edo period (1603-1868).Legend has it that Baiken was a skilled practitioner of the kusarigama (a metal chain attached to a kama and a weight, also known as the chain and sickle), and around the year 1607 he fought a duel against the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi in which he was killed.