An edition of Gorin no sho (1963)

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An edition of Gorin no sho (1963)

A book of five rings

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  • ★★★ 3.33 ·
  • 15 Ratings
  • 455 Want to read
  • 31 Currently reading
  • 28 Have read

Few works of literature speak almost equally to the businessman, the philosopher, and the practitioner of the martial arts. Musashi's great classic, until now unknown in the West except by reputation, is one which speaks to all three. Famous for over 300 years, A Book of Five Rings is likely the most perceptive guide to strategy ever written.

Musashi is known to the Japanese as Kensie or "sword-saint." Though the facts of his life might suggest to American readers that he was a cruel and merciless man, in fact, Musashi relentlessly pursued an honest ideal, and its truth emerges from A Book of Five Rings. It is not a thesis on battle strategy; it is, in Musashi's words, "a guide for men who want to learn strategy" and, as a guide always leads, so its contents seem always just beyond the student's immediate understanding.

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Overlook Press
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English
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95

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Biography, Bushido, Ciencia militar, Early works to 1800, Kendo, Management, Martial arts, Military art and science, Military science, Obras anteriores a 1800, Swordplay, Swordsmen, Art et science militaires, Ouvrages avant 1800, Literary Collections, New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit, Spanish: Adult Nonfiction, Occultism, Cults, Religion - General, Swordplay, japan, Military art and science, early works to 1800, Taoism, Japans, Sports, asia
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Woodstock, New York

Edition Notes

Translation of Gorin no sho.

Other Titles
Gorin no sho. English.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
796.86
Library of Congress
U101 .M5913 1974

The Physical Object

Pagination
95 p. :
Number of pages
95

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL14757548M
Internet Archive
bookoffiverings00miyarich
ISBN 10
0879510188
LCCN
73083986
OCLC/WorldCat
10109809
Library Thing
12527
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640808

Work Description

A psychological guide to strategy applicable to business, philosophy, or martial arts, written by sixteenth-century warrior Miyamoto Musashi as a means of explaining his success as a practitioner of Japanese swordfighting, or Kendo.

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