The disciples of the Yoshioka thought that they could never beat Musashi by the proper way of heiho, so planned to call Musashi to Sagarimatsu, outside of Kyoto City, in the name of the next fight with Matashichiro YOSHIOKA; Matashichiro and hundreds of disciples armed with bows and other weapons, and waited for Musashi to attack and kill him.
そこで、吉岡の門弟は秘かに図り、兵術では武蔵に勝てないので、吉岡亦七郎と洛外下松で勝負をするということにして、門下生数百人に弓矢などを持たせ、武蔵を殺害しようとした。