Without further ado, let's get into what I learned reading Musashi. I think of this as an ideal to strive for, and not as something that can be grasped. What it means to me is reaching a state of mental clarity and calmness. I know, 'enlightenment', that's one of those words that can have thousands of connotations. In essence, this book relates the journey of a man who dedicates his life to self-improvement and self-discipline, and how he reaches enlightenment. Some works remain written by the real Miyamoto Musashi, the most famous of which is The Book of Five Rings. I'm not sure how much of the book is real or fiction, but I don't think it matters. It's an interesting novel because some of the events related in the book are documented to have happened in real life. It relates the journey of Miyamoto Musashi, a real-life samurai from the 1600s who decided to follow the Way of the Sword. He died in 1982.Musashi is a japanese novel written in 1953 by Eiji Yoshikawa. Resident in Japan since 1952, he also received a master's degree in Chinese history from the University of Tokyo and has since been active as a translator of works on Japanese art, architecture and history. Navy during WW II and after the war received a master's degree from Columbia University in Japanese history. TERRY, the translator, was born in Mississippi in 1926 and graduated from Duke University. He received the Cultural Medal, the highest award for a man of letters, and other cultural decorations, including the Order of the Sacred Treasure.ĬHARLES S. At the time of his death in 1962, he was one of Japan's best-known and best-loved novelists. During his thirties he worked as a journalist while continuing to write stories and novels, reaching a large and appreciative readership through having his work published, often serially, in newspapers and popular magazines.

He began his literary career at the age of twenty-two. Om bidragsyterne EIJI YOSHIKAWA was born in 1892 in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. Barne- og ungdomsbøker for motvillige lesere.Se alle bøker innen Dokumentar og fakta ».Se alle bøker innen Økonomi, administrasjon og ledelse ».Se alle bøker innen Pedagogikk og samfunnsvitenskap ».Naturvitenskap, filosofi, teori og metode.Se alle bøker innen Medisin, helse og psykologi ».

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