# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/terao-magonojo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:24:18.794Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/terao-magonojo"
name: "Terao Magonojō"
slug: "terao-magonojo"
description: "Terao Magonojō  was a famed swordsman during the Edo period of Japan. Magonojo was the elder brother of Terao Motomenosuke, the successor to the School of Musashi. Magonojo has been noted as Miyamoto Musashi's favorite student, to whom Musashi entrusted his Gorin no sho before his death. Throughout Magonojo's early years working alongside Musashi, he trained with the kodachi, a type of short sword. On one occasion when they were training together, Musashi attacked Magonojo with a large wooden sword, which Terao parried with his short wooden sword and counterattacked. After several repetitions of this action, Terao's sword broke while Musashi was in the middle of striking his sword from above; however, Musashi's swing stopped just shy of hitting Terao's forehead. Magonojo received no injury, showing Musashi's skill with the weapon and high level of control. Before the death of Magonojo's master, he assumed the role of successor, which was subsequently passed on to his younger brother. It is thought that Magonojo burned the original Gorin no sho on Musashi's orders, because the complete original version cannot be found."
tagline: "Swordsman during the Edo period"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1611"
deathDate: "1672-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.11
  momentum:             2.523463678443963
  historical:           5.727542666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terao_Magonoj%C5%8D"
    title: "Terao Magonojō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terao_Magonojo"
    title: "Terao Magonojo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terao_Magonoj%C5%8D"
    title: "Terao Magonojō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%BA%E5%B0%BE%E5%AD%AB%E4%B9%8B%E5%85%81"
    title: "寺尾孫之允"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "ترائو ماگونوجو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terao_Magonoj%C5%8D"
    title: "Terao Magonojō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3822280"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump