Musashi Miyamoto (1584–1645)
Author of The Book of Five Rings
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
There is some dispute over the date of Musahi's death.
Image credit: Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1852
(LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
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Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1852
(LoC Prints and Photographs Division,
LC-DIG-jpd-01580)
Works by Musashi Miyamoto
The Complete Musashi: The Book of Five Rings and Other Works: The Definitive Translations of the Complete Writings of… (2018) 50 copies
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone): Half Crazy, Half Genius - Finding Modern Meaning in the Sword Saint's… (2015) 21 copies, 1 review
Codigo del samurai, el - el libro de los cinco anillos y hagakure (Clasicos (la Esfera)) (2011) 4 copies
Complete Musashi: The Book of Five Rings and Other Works: The Definitive Translations of the Complete Writings of… (2018) 3 copies, 1 review
Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the… (2010) 2 copies
The Five Rings : Miyamoto Musashi's Art of Strategy (Hardcover)--by Miyamoto Musashi [2016 Edition] ISBN: 9780785834007 — Author — 2 copies
Vom Sieg im Kampf : Das 'Buch der Fünf Ringe' von Miyamoto Musashi und 'Das Buch der mit der Kriegskunst verwandten… (1996) 2 copies
Dokkodo. The Way of Walking Alone: Discover self-discipline and personal mastery through the ancestral wisdom of the… 1 copy, 1 review
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone): Half Crazy, Half Genius--Finding Modern Meaning in the Sword Saint's Last… (2021) 1 copy
The Book of Five Rings Book & Card Deck: A strategy oracle for success in life: includes 50 cards and a 128-page book… (2024) 1 copy
LIBRI I PESE UNAZAVE 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Miyamoto, Musashi
- Other names
- Shinmen Takezō
Miyamoto Bennosuke
Niten Dōraku - Birthdate
- 1584
- Date of death
- 1645
- Burial location
- Yuge, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birthplace
- Harima no kuni, Japan
- Occupations
- swordsman
samurai
hermit - Short biography
- Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵), also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke, or by his Buddhist name Niten Dōraku, was a Japanese swordsman and samurai famed for his duels and distinctive style. Musashi, as he was often simply known, became renowned through stories of his excellent swordsmanship in numerous duels, even from a very young age. He was the founder of the Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū or Niten-ryū style of swordsmanship and the author of The Book of Five Rings (五輪書, Go Rin No Sho), a book on strategy, tactics, and philosophy that is still studied today.
- Disambiguation notice
- There is some dispute over the date of Musahi's death.
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Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy by Musashi Miyamoto
A beautifully designed edition of a classic text.
Abstraction before technicality. Very cool.
Thoroughly enjoyable historical texts that represent the Taoist perspectives of the samurai warriors of the 17th century.
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