Editing Miyamoto Musashi (section)

===Serving under Shogunate army===
In 1614, during the [[Siege of Osaka]], it was believed that Musashi participated in the Tokugawa army under the command of Musashi's personal friend, [[Mizuno Katsushige]] or also known as Katsunari. Musashi were reportedly carrying the banner of Katsunari,<ref>{{cite web |first= William |last= de Lange |title= The Siege of Osaka Castle |date=2019| website= miyamotomusashi.eu |publisher=William de Lange |url=http://www.miyamotomusashi.eu/battles/the-siege-of-osaka-castle/index.html |access-date=26 May 2024}}</ref> and also acted as bodyguard of Mizuno Katsutoshi, son of Katsunari.<ref>{{cite web |first= William |last= de Lange |title= Mizuno Katsunari (1564–1651) |url=http://www.miyamotomusashi.eu/patrons/mizuno-katsunari-15641651.html |website= miyamotomusashi.eu |publisher=William de Lange |access-date=22 May 2024 |language=En |year=2019}}</ref> It was said in a later era, during the Shimabara Rebellion, that Musashi once told a commander of the Tokugawa army that he had served under Mizuno Katsunari's command during the Osaka siege and knew the military system very well.<ref name= "Musashidocument">{{cite web |first= Masahide |last= Fukuda |title=【寄稿17】宮本武蔵と水野勝成 『宮本武蔵の大坂夏の陣』１／２ |trans-title= [Contribution 17] Miyamoto Musashi and Mizuno Katsunari, 'Miyamoto Musashi's Summer Siege of Osaka' 1/2 |url= https://mizunoclan.exblog.jp/14496991/ |language= ja |year=2011 |website= mizunoclan.exblog.jp| publisher= |access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> [[Miyamoto Mikinosuke]], the adopted son of Musashi, also served under Katsunari during this battle.<ref name= "tokitsu" />{{rp|95, Introduction}}

In 1633, Musashi began staying with [[Hosokawa Tadatoshi]], ''[[Daimyo|daimyō]]'' of [[Kumamoto Castle]], who had moved to the [[Kumamoto]] fief and Kokura, to train and paint.<ref>{{Cite web|year=2009|title=Art of Miyamoto Musashi |url=http://www.ecole-miyamoto-musashi.com/liens.html |website= ecole-miyamoto-musashi.com| publisher= Miyamoto Musashi Dojo |access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> While he engaged in very few duels during this period, one occurred in 1634 at the arrangement of Lord Ogasawara, in which Musashi defeated a lance specialist named [[Takada Matabei]]. Musashi officially became the retainer of the Hosokawa lords of Kumamoto in 1640. The ''Niten Ki'' records "[he] received from Lord Tadatoshi: 17 retainers, a stipend of 300 [[koku]], the rank of ''ōkumigashira'' 大組頭, and Chiba Castle in Kumamoto as his residence."<ref>Toyota, p. 250</ref>

[[File:Tombe de Miyamoto Musashi à Ōhara, province de Mimasaka.jpg|thumb|Miyamoto Musashi's grave in [[Ōhara, Okayama|Ōhara-chō]],<ref>{{Cite web| year= 2009| title=宮本武蔵&nbsp;– Musashi | trans-title= Miyamoto Musashi&nbsp;– Musashi| url= http://www.ecole-miyamoto-musashi.com/musashi_jp.html |language= ja |website= ecole-miyamoto-musashi.com| publisher= Miyamoto Musashi Dojo |access-date=August 13, 2020}}</ref> [[Mimasaka Province|province of Mimasaka]]]]

In 1638, Musashi allegedly participated in the suppression of [[Shimabara Rebellion]]. In the journal ''Munekyu (Katsunari)-sama'', a collection of statements made by Katsunari Mizuno after his retirement in 1639, there is a story about Mizuno's army during the Shimabara Rebellion: a man named Miyamoto Musashi entered the camp of general Ogasawara Nagatsugu, and Musashi said, "Last time (at Siege of Osaka), ([[Mizuno Katsushige|Mizuno Katsunari]]) Hyuga-no-Kamidono's clan had this, and I knew the military system very well."<ref name="Musashidocument" /> Musashi continued, "He is a great general that no one can match."<ref name="MusashiKatsunari">{{cite book |first= Uozumi| last= Takashi |title=宮本武蔵: 日本人の道 |trans-title=Miyamoto Musashi: The Japanese Way |date=2002 |publisher=ぺりかん |isbn=4831510114 |pages=93, 95, 111 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8W0yAQAAIAAJ |access-date=27 May 2024 |language=Ja}}</ref>