Shishido (宍戸) is the family name of a Japanese swordsman believed to have been active in the early years of the Edo period (1603–1868).
Legend has it that he 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.
[1] Author William Scott Wilson, in his 2004 book, The Lone Samurai, wrote, "In 1607, Musashi was passing through the province of Iga when he met a man known only by his family name, Shishido, who was a master of the sickle and chain."
In Eiji Yoshikawa's 1935–39 novel, Musashi, he was named Shishido Baiken (宍戸梅軒).
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