Tags: Martial Artist.
Shinmen Munisai (新免 無二斎) also called Hirata Munisai was a martial artist expert in using the sword and the jutte. He was also the father of the samurai named Miyamoto Musashi. He was the son of Hirata Shōgen 平田将監 a vassal of Shinmen Iga no Kami the lord of Takayama Castle in the Yoshino district of Mimasaka Province. Munisai was relied upon by Lord Shinmen Sokanthe head of the Shinmen clan and so was allowed to use the Shinmen name.