Takehiko Inoue's acclaimed samurai adventure will go on a four-month hiatus from Kodansha's Morning magazine while the artist devotes his time to research and other matters. Anime New Network reports the manga will return June 19.

Debuting in 1988, the series is a fictionalized account of the life of late 16th/early 17th-century Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. Earning the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, the title has sold more than 22 million copies worldwide.

The 34th volume will be released in March in North America by Viz Media.

Vagabond previously was placed on an 18-month hiatus, beginning in September 2010 and ending in March 2012, because of Inoue's ongoing health issues. He continued to work on his basketball manga Real, which is released at the more leisurely pace of about one volume per year.