Akiyama (swordsman)

In this Japanese name, the family name is Akiyama.

Akiyama of Tajima (但馬国秋山, Tajima-no-kuni Akiyama, fl. 16th century) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period who hailed from Tajima Province. A rather unknown figure, he is largely remembered for his defeat at the hands of the young Miyamoto Musashi.

References

• Toyota Masataka. "Niten Ki (A Chronicle of Two Heavens)," in Gorin no Sho, edited by Kamiko Tadashi. Tokyo: Tokuma-shoten, 1963.