Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings:The Manga Edition:Japan's Legendary Book on Samurai Military Strategy

by: Koji Kondo (Adapter),Miyamoto Musashi(Author),Makiko Itoh(Translator)&0more

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Publication Date: 2024/4/30

Language: English

Print Length: 224 pages

ISBN-10: 4805317833

ISBN-13: 9784805317839

Book Description

A new manga adaptation of Musashi's legendary BOOK OF FIVE RINGS!Miyamoto Musashi is the greatest swordsman who ever lived. He is renowned for his fighting prowess and famous for having never having been defeated. Then he mysteriously disappeared at the relatively young age of 29 to meditate and study.This book tells the fascinating story of Musashi's retu from isolation as he pens his great masterpiece on military tactics, The Book of Five Rings, and begins to train a new generation of Samurai warriors.The exciting events recounted in this book include:How and why Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a revolutionary work that has become the most widely-read book on swordsmanship and Samurai strategy ever writtenThe important lessons he provides including the idea of "no mind", or what we now call "flow", which involves endless practice emptying your mind of thoughts to move intuitively without thinkingMusashi's school for young Samurai warriors where students flock to study with the great master and his final days as he passes the torch to a new generation and solidifies his legacy as Japan's greatest swordsmanMiyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings:The Manga Edition is a beautifully-illustrated look at the life and legacy of Japan's greatest warrior in graphic novel form.

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A new manga adaptation of Musashi's legendary BOOK OF FIVE RINGS!Miyamoto Musashi is the greatest swordsman who ever lived. He is renowned for his fighting prowess and famous for having never having been defeated. Then he mysteriously disappeared at the relatively young age of 29 to meditate and study.This book tells the fascinating story of Musashi's retu from isolation as he pens his great masterpiece on military tactics, The Book of Five Rings, and begins to train a new generation of Samurai warriors.The exciting events recounted in this book include:How and why Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a revolutionary work that has become the most widely-read book on swordsmanship and Samurai strategy ever writtenThe important lessons he provides including the idea of "no mind", or what we now call "flow", which involves endless practice emptying your mind of thoughts to move intuitively without thinkingMusashi's school for young Samurai warriors where students flock to study with the great master and his final days as he passes the torch to a new generation and solidifies his legacy as Japan's greatest swordsmanMiyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings:The Manga Edition is a beautifully-illustrated look at the life and legacy of Japan's greatest warrior in graphic novel form.