Since some of his ancestries, biographies and memorials quoted that information, at present there are many novels and trade books introducing Musashi's real name as 'Masana,' however, that information is not found in any materials of Niten Ichi-ryu School, nor of the Miyamoto family in Kokura.
これを引用した系図や伝記、武蔵供養塔が広く紹介されたことから諱を「政名」とする武蔵の小説、紹介書が多数あるが、二天一流門弟や小倉宮本家の史料に、この「政名」は用いられていない。