With evocative drawings and a distilled but faithful text adapted by acclaimed manga writer sean michael wilson, the book of five rings comes alive both as a. After consecutively winning 60 martial arts duels, miyamoto musashi wrote the book of five rings. The book of five rings is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the. With evocative drawings and a distilled but faithful text adapted by acclaimed manga writer sean michael wilson, the book of five rings. Throughout his remarkable life, musashi developed a philosophy and a style all his own. The book of five rings, go rin no sho is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the japanese swordsman miyamoto musashi around 1645. This manga version of japanese classic the book of five rings, the iconic book of confrontation and victory by the famed 17thcentury duelist and undefeated. The book of five rings, a graphic novel by miyamoto musashi. With evocative drawings and a distilled but faithful text adapted by acclaimed manga writer sean michael wilson, the illustrated version helps bring. Ive been a fan of miyamoto musashi for years, this is a good edition of the book of five rings its what youre looking for if youre looking for the book of five rings. Unfortunately the cover looks too much like its a mangabook, when this book.
Sean michael wilson is a comic book writer from scotland, living in japan. Glad to announce that our manga version of another japanese classic is finally done the book of five rings. The cover design isnt great, but really thats not why you buy a book so its fine lol. The concept of taking an ancient treatise and producing it in the style of a manga is just brilliant. Wilson, sean michael, musashi, miyamoto, kutsuwada, chie, wilson, william scott. And in 2017, his book secrets of the ninja won an international manga award from the japanese government. Musashi excelled in poetry, calligraphy and several other art forms, and is still revered today for his book, the book of five rings, of particular interest to those who study martial arts. Top all completed top month favourite top week latest update top day new manga. The book of five rings is the definitive book on samurai philosophy by the archetype of the wandering samurai himself, miyamoto musashi.
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