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Product Identifiers

PublisherShambhala Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-101590307976

ISBN-139781590307977

eBay Product ID (ePID)78324134

Product Key Features

Book TitleComplete Book of Five Rings

Number of Pages232 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

TopicBuddhism / Tibetan, Military / Strategy, Military / General, Martial Arts & Self-Defense, Eastern

GenreReligion, Philosophy, Sports & Recreation, History

AuthorMiyamoto Musashi

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2010-005134

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal355.02

SynopsisThis authoritative and enlightening version of Miyamoto Musashi's classic on confrontation and strategy is translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master. Kenji Tokistu has spent most of his life researching the legendary samurai swordsman and his works. Here he uses his extensive knowledge to present this seminal text along with several earlier works by Musashi, putting them into historical and philosophical context and making them accessible and relevant to today's readers and martial arts students. While there are several versions of The Book of Five Rings edited by martial artists, Tokistu's is by far the most extensively researched, the clearest, and the most packed with valuable insights from a martial arts perspective. Tokitsu really understands Musashi's writings-and Musashi as a martial artist-and is able to give a rare insight into the man and his historical contribution., The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi's classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu. Tokitsu has spent most of his life researching the legendary samurai swordsman and his works, and in this book he illuminates this seminal text, along with several other works by Musashi. These include "The Mirror of the Way of Strategy," which Musashi wrote when he was in his twenties; "Thirty-five Instructions on Strategy," and "Forty-two Instructions on Strategy," which were precursors to The Book of Five Rings; and "The Way to Be Followed Alone," which Musashi wrote just days before his death. Read together, these five texts give readers an unusually detailed, nuanced view of Musashi's ideas on swordsmanship, strategy, and self-cultivation. Tokitsu puts all these writings into historical and philosophical context and makes them accessible and relevant to today's readers and martial arts students. Tokitsu understands Musashi's writings--and Musashi as a martial artist--unusually well and is able to provide a rare insight into the man and his historical contribution.

LC Classification NumberU101