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The Real Musashi: A Miscellany
By William de Lange
This book presents translations of nearly two dozen texts describing important events in Musashi’s life, dating from the mid-seventeenth to the late-nineteenth century. They include the Tomari jinja munefuda, traceable to the swordsman’s adopted son Iori, and the Numata kaki, written by the keeper of the castle where Musashi stayed at the time of his famous duel on Ganryū Island.
Now the insight these works offer into this enigmatic and solitary swordsman is available to the English reader. It throws a new and refreshing light on many aspects of Musashi's life—his duels with the members of the Yoshioka clan, the events leading up to his duel with Sasaki Kojirō, his heroic role in the siege of Osaka castle, his contribution to the reconstruction of Akashi castle, and his remarkable artistic talents.
176 pp, 6 x 9, Soft
11 Maps and charts
Lists of historical periods, castles, temples, shrines, battles, and rebellions, glossary, bibliography, index
English paperback ISBN: 978-1-891640-86-5
English eBook ASIN/ISBN: B01DRWWTVA
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