Miyamoto Musashi

This is a unique and comprehensive view of the life and work of the legendary seventeenth century Japanese samurai Miyamoto Musashi. Martial arts master and scholar Kenji Tokitsu turns a critical eye on Musashis life and writings, separating fact from fiction, and giving a clearer picture of the man behind the myth. Tokitsu translates Musashis best-known work, The Book of Five Rings and four shorter works, provides extensive commentary, and puts Musashis work into historical and philosophical context.