Title: The Sword of Shibito
Content:  The Sword of Shibito (しびとの剣) is a manga series written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Missile Kakurai (加倉井ミサイル). It was serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Comic Birz from 1998 until 2002. The Sword of Shibito was also licensed  in English by Central Park Media and in French by 12 Bis. The manga takes place in the Edo period of Japan.
Title: Musashi (novel)
Content:  It is a fictionalized account of the life of Miyamoto Musashi, author of The Book of Five Rings and arguably the most renowned Japanese swordsman who ever lived. The novel has been translated into English by Charles S. Terry, with a foreword by Edwin O. Reischauer, published by Kodansha International under ISBN: 4-7700-1957-2. The long epic (over 900 pages, abridged, in the English version) comprises seven "books" detailing the exploits of Miyamoto Musashi, beginning just after the battle of Sekigahara, following his journeys and the many people who become important in his life, and leading up to his climactic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryujima (Ganryu or Funa Island). Kojiro's cruelty contrasts with Musashi's reflective and selfless nature. Musashi becomes famous during the course of the novel as he searches for both perfection in swordsmanship and in consciousness. Innovating Japanese swordsmanship, he invents the style of simultaneously wielding both the katana and the wakizashi, something unheard of at that time in Japanese history. Chance, as well as the characters' very different life decisions, give to the book a philosophical dimension that is revealed in its ending.
Title: Sword for Hire
Content: Toshiro Mifune ; Kenzo Tabu 
Title: Musashi (novel)
Content:  Musashi (宮本武蔵) is a Japanese epic novel written by Eiji Yoshikawa, about the life and deeds of legendary Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. The book follows Shinmen Takezō starting after the Battle of Sekigahara. It follows his life after the monk Takuan forces him to reinvent himself as Miyamoto Musashi. He wanders around Japan training young pupils, getting involved in feuds with samurai and martial arts schools, and finding his way through his romantic life. It was originally released as a serial in the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, between 1935 and 1939. It has been re-released in book format, most of which are collections of several volumes, which compile the many newspaper strips. With an estimated 120 million copies sold, it is one of the best-selling book series in history.
Title: Shibatora
Content:  Shibatora is written by Yuma Ando and illustrated by Masashi Asaki. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 13 December 2006 to 14 October 2009. Kodansha compiled its individual chapters into fifteen tankōbon volumes published between 17 May 2007 and 17 November 2009.
Title: The Blade of the Courtesans
Content: Matsunaga Seiichiro- a samurai of good moral character and superb swordsmanship skills. He is revealed to be the son of retired Emperor Go-Mizunoo. ; Miyamoto Musashi- a legendary swordsman who rescues the infant Seiichiro and raises him in the secluded mountains of Higo Province. ; Shoji Jin'emon- former master of the Nishidaya, a prominent courtesan establishment in Yoshiwara. His daughter Nabe married Jinnojo, Nishidaya's current proprietor, and together they had Oshabu. ; Shoji Jinnojo- son-in-law of Jin'emon and father of Oshabu. ; Shoji Oshabu- a nine-year-old girl who is able to see the future and read other people's thoughts. ; Mizuno Jurozaemon- a hatamoto or direct retainer of 
Title: Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Content: Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art director 
Title: Kiku-ichimonji
Content:  Owing to the popularity of Shiba Ryōtarō's fiction, many modern fans of the Shinsengumi believe a Kiku-ichimonji made by Norimune to have been Okita Soji's sword. Historically, Okita used a sword made by Kiyomitsu of Kaga Province, among other blades. In the anime and manga versions of Rurouni Kenshin, a Norimune-made Kiku-ichimonji is wielded by Seta Sōjirō (who is based on a darker Okita from the novel Shinsengumi Keppuroku.) In the sci-fi alternate history jidaigeki action-comedy anime and manga Gintama, a member of the anime world's Shinsengumi, Okita Sougo, owns a katana dubbed "Kiku-ichimonji RX-78", which features, alongside basic featurea such as sharp blade, a digital music player with a maximum 
Title: Sword of the Samurai (gamebook)
Content:  Sword of the Samurai is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, illustrated by Alan Langford and originally published in 1986 by Puffin Books. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2006. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 20th in the series in the original Puffin series and 25th in the modern Wizard series.
Title: Japanese sword
Content:  the Tamatsukuri ( 玉造 ), later to become the Hoju (寶壽) schools. Ōshū swords appear in various old books of this time, for example Heiji Monogatari 平治物語 ( Tale of Heiji ), Konjaku Monogatari 今昔物語 ( Anthology of tales from the past ), Kojidan 古事談 ( Japanese collection of Setsuwa 説話 ), and Gikeiki 義経記 (War tale that focuses on the legends of Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経 and his followers). Ōshū swordsmiths appeared in books in quite early times compared to others. Tales in these books tell of the Emishi-to in the capital city and these swords seem to have been quite 

Question: Who is the author of The Sword of Shibito?
Answer: Hideyuki Kikuchi.