The Kill That Started the Legend of Miyamoto Musashi

In 1596, a wandering swordsman nailed a challenge to a post in a small Japanese village and went to wait. He was not expecting a reply. The reply came the next morning. A name, written in the hand of a child. Miyamoto Musashi was thirteen years old. He had no sword. He had never killed anyone. He came to the duel with a stick. This is the story of what happened next — and the question that every source from that day forward refused to answer.