The complete Musashi The Book of Five Rings and other works
Book - 2020
"This piece of writing by famed samurai Musashi (1584-1645) is the single-most influential work on samurai swordsmanship, offering insights into samurai history, the Zen Buddhist state of 'no-mind' that enables warriors to triumph and the philosophical meaning of Bushido--'the way of the warrior.' Until now, English translations of The Book of Five Rings have been based on inaccurate copies of Musashi's long-lost original manuscript. Bennett's translation is the first to be based on a careful reconstruction of the original text by Japan's foremost Musashi scholar. By identifying discrepancies among the existing copies, adding missing texts and correcting over 150 incorrect characters, this source is t...he closest representation of Musashi's original work possible. Utilizing this new source, Bennett captures the subtle nuance of the classic Japanese text, resulting in the most accurate English translation of The Book of Five Rings available. The texts are richly annotated by Bennett, who includes an extensive introduction on Musashi's life and legacy. This paperback edition also includes a new introduction by Kendo Kyoshi 7th Dan Graham Sayer, who talks about the influence Musashi's writings have had on him as a person and martial artist. The Complete Musashi: The Book of Five Rings and Other Works will be widely read by those interested in Japanese culture, Samurai history and martial arts--setting a new standard against which all other translations will be measured." -- Publisher description.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Early works
Instructional and educational works
Matériel d'éducation et de formation - Published
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Tokyo ; Rutland, Vermont :
Tuttle Publishing
[2020]
- Language
- English
Japanese - Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- Paperback edition
- Item Description
- "Definitive translations of the complete writings of Miyamoto Musashi-Japan's greatest Samurai"--Cover.
- Physical Description
- 223 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-223).
- ISBN
- 9784805316160
- Foreword / by Graham Sayer
- Introduction
- The Book of Five Rings (Gorin-no-sho)
- Scroll 1 : The earth scroll (Chi-no-maki)
- Scroll 2 : The water scroll (Sui-no-maki)
- Scroll 3 : The fire scroll (Ka-no-maki)
- Scroll 4 : The wind scroll (Fū-no-maki)
- Scroll 5 : The ether scroll (Kū-no-maki)
- Mirror on the way to combat (Heidōkyō)
- Notes on combat strategy (Heihō-kakitsuke)
- Combat strategy in 35 articles (Heihō sanjūgo-kajō)
- The five-direction sword pathways (Gohō-no-tachimichi)
- The path walked alone (Dokkōdō)
- Appendix : The Kokura Monument (Kokura-hibun).