With the end of the Sengoku period, there were many skilled warriors who were trying to make their names in a newly peaceful era... which made them perfect cannon fodder for the cat who would become unrivalled under the sun, Miyamoto Musashi!
He had a long sword called 
the Washing Pole,
Tenía una espada larga 
llamada Tendedero
Ele tinha uma lança longa
chamada Monohoshizao,