希代の剣豪の好敵手として祭り上げられた剣士を知る者など


> 出生も不明、実在したかどうかさえ不明瞭。  
>  ただ人々の口端にのみ上り、 **希代の剣豪の好敵手として祭り上げられた剣士を知る者など** 、この世でおそらくただ一人。  
>  佐々木小次郎と呼ばれるモノを討ち果たした、史実に残らぬ宿敵のみ。
>
> Birth place unknown, whether he really existed or not also unknown.  
>  Only, he became a rumor among the people, the one who knows him as a
> swordsman with an excellent mastership of kendou and was his rival, in this
> world there is only one I am afraid.  
>  The one who killed the man known as Sasaki Koujiro, the enemy who did not
> remain in formal history.

希代の剣豪の好敵手として祭り上げられた剣士を知る者など  
希代の剣豪の好敵手として=As a rival with incredible mastership in kendou  
祭り上げられた=To set up as someone with an high social status or position (passive)  
剣士=Warrior  
希代の剣豪の好敵手として祭り上げられた剣士=The warrior who was set up as a rival with an incredible
mastership in kendou  
を=Direct Object  
知る=To know  
希代の剣豪の好敵手として祭り上げられた剣士を=The warrior who was set up as a rival with an
incredible mastership in kendou (who is receiveing the action of being 知る)  
者=Man (In this case I believe he is doing the action of knowing)  
希代の剣豪の好敵手として祭り上げられた剣士を知る者=The man who knows the warrior who was set up as a
rival (his rival) with an incredible mastership in kendou  
など=And such (It makes this the topic for the rest of the sentence)

Do I understand this sentence correctly?




Your breakdown at the bottom seems basically fine to me.

> 希代の剣豪の好敵手として祭り上げられた剣士を知る者  
>  the man who knows the swordsman who was set up as a rival to the great
> sword master (of the day).

However, your translation written at the top seems inconsistent with this. And
`ただ人々の口端にのみ上り、希代の剣豪の好敵手として祭り上げられた` all modifies 剣士 as a relative clause.

In addition, など in this context is not "and such," but a particle which
emphasizes the sentence. ([more examples
here](http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=nado%3B%20nanka%3B%20nante)).

> ただ人々の口端にのみ上り、希代の剣豪の好敵手として祭り上げられた剣士を知る者など、この世でおそらくただ一人。  
>  There is probably only one man who knows the swordsman who only appears in
> rumors and was set up as a rival to the great sword master.

* * *

By the way, are these sentences fiction? The person who is said to have
defeated Sasaki Kojiro is [Miyamoto
Musashi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi), and he certainly
existed.




Your breakdown at the bottom seems basically fine to me.

> 希代の剣豪の好敵手として祭り上げられた剣士を知る者  
>  the man who knows the swordsman who was set up as a rival to the great
> sword master (of the day).

However, your translation written at the top seems inconsistent with this. And
`ただ人々の口端にのみ上り、希代の剣豪の好敵手として祭り上げられた` all modifies 剣士 as a relative clause.

In addition, など in this context is not "and such," but a particle which
emphasizes the sentence. ([more examples
here](http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=nado%3B%20nanka%3B%20nante)).

> ただ人々の口端にのみ上り、希代の剣豪の好敵手として祭り上げられた剣士を知る者など、この世でおそらくただ一人。  
>  There is probably only one man who knows the swordsman who only appears in
> rumors and was set up as a rival to the great sword master.

* * *

By the way, are these sentences fiction? The person who is said to have
defeated Sasaki Kojiro is [Miyamoto
Musashi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi), and he certainly
existed.

