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Shiro Tsujimura (Hardcover)
Axel Vervoordt; Text written by Hiroshi Sugimoto, Alexandra Munroe, Shiro Tsujimura; Photographs by Laziz Hamini, …
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The Book of Five Rings (Hardcover)
Miyamoto Musashi; Translated by William Scott Wilson; Illustrated by Shiro Tsujimura
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R406
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When the undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi retreated to a cave in
1643 and wrote "The Book of Five Rings," a manifesto on
swordsmanship, strategy, and winning for his students and
generations of samurai to come, he created one of the most
perceptive and incisive texts on strategic thinking ever to come
from Asia.
Musashi gives timeless advice on defeating an adversary, throwing
an opponent off-guard, creating confusion, and other techniques for
overpowering an assailant that will resonate with both martial
artists and everyone else interested in skillfully dealing with
conflict. For Musashi, the way of the martial arts was a mastery of
the mind rather than simply technical prowess--and it is this path
to mastery that is the core teaching in "The Book of Five Rings."
William Scott Wilson's translation is faithful to the original
seventeenth-century Japanese text while being wonderfully clear and
readable. His scholarship and insight into the deep meaning of this
classic are evident in his introduction and notes to the text. This
edition also includes a translation of one of Musashi's earlier
writings, "The Way of Walking Alone," and calligraphy by Japanese
artist Shiro Tsujimura.
Basho stands today as Japans most renowned writer, and one of the
most revered. Wherever Japanese literature, poetry or Zen are
studied, his oeuvre carries weight. Every new student of haiku
quickly learns that Basho was the greatest of the Old Japanese
Masters. Yet despite his stature, Bashos complete haiku have not
been collected into a single volume. Until now. To render the
writers full body of work into English, Jane Reichhold, an American
haiku poet and translator, dedicated over ten years of work. In
Basho: The Complete Haiku, she accomplishes the feat with
distinction. Dividing his creative output into seven periods of
development, Reichhold frames each period with a decisive
biographical sketch of the poets travels, creative influences and
personal triumphs and defeats. Scrupulously annotated notes
accompany each poem; and a glossary and two indexes fill out the
volume. Reichhold notes that, Basho was a genius with words. He
obsessively sought out the right word for each phrase of the
succinct seventeen-syllable haiku, seeking the very essence of
experience and expression. With equal dedication, Reichhold sought
the ideal translations. As a result, Basho: TheComplete Haiku is
likely to become the essential work on this brilliant poet and will
stand as the most authoritative book on the subject for many years
to come. Original sumi-e ink drawings by artist Shiro Tsujimura
complement the haiku throughout the book.
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