i received this as a gift, it says it’s from around 1850, does someone knows what does it represents?


i received this as a gift, it says it’s from around 1850, does someone knows what does it represents?

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  1. For everyone which is reading this post i got it completely translated:

    It’s actually written in ancient japanese, which is quite different from the modern one.

    佐々木巌流 Sasaki Ganryu

    劔法の業をもって名を揚んと

    諸國を経歴し都會の地に

    道場を立て武術をきそふ

    He aspired to acheive fame with his skill in swordmanship, travelled across provinces and built a dojo in a city to train martial arts.

    中には真勇の

    人のみにあらず

    我慢強暴のものあり

    Not only were there brave people in the dojo but there were also arrogant and violent ones.

    この岸柳その業

    長ずれどもみづから(?こりて)

    傍人なきがごとく西国にて

    宮本と勝負を挑み命をおとつ

    He excelled in his skill but (?) by himself, recklessly challenged [Miyamoto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi) to a duel in west Japan and died.

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