Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era

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Big Bad: Sasaki Kojirō becomes this in the latter half of the novel, helping to mastermind the Yoshioka school and Osugi's schemes against Musashi. it focuses on the life (very dramatized by the fantastic eiji yoshikawa-san) of musashi miyamoto, a wandering ronin (samurai) during the edo period (1600's) of feudal japan. There are, of course, lots of swords and lots of people journeying across the land, but it’s in a generally historic, actual place, not an invented one. A famous priest of ancient times once said, 'I become immersed in the sacred scriptures and read thousands of volumes.

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It seems as if the author or translator used this as a story telling device, that is, as the main characters matured and became wiser, so did the text and the way it was written. Also, his frequent use of short swords as throwing weapons is considered a precursor to ninja shurikens. I have spent the last 9 months listening, on and off, to the audiobook of Musashi and I can safely say that I am glad that I didn't try a print version, for I am certain that it would have been a DNF for me.Otsu is the main female character and although she's all about Musashi and reuniting with him, she's very farm from being a bore.

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Sure, Musashi was able fend off and kill dozens of Yoshioka swordsman while escaping, Kojirō says to the crowd, but a real swordsman can fight several times his own number, especially when they are as weak as the Yoshioka School. This is not because of a lack of action; on the contrary, there seems to be action in every single chapter. I see all sorts of familiar tropes here, characters and themes I recognize out of Saturday morning karate movies by way of Kurosawa. In one sequence, it's noted that the nature of a particular scenario makes it very likely that traditional katana will get chipped or broken in a prolonged fight so Musashi avoids using his for very long. It has influenced numerous films and books relating to Japanese culture; even the final battle scene in Kill Bill 1 seems to mashup homage to various incidents within the book.

En nuestro último y presencial encuentro del "Corvooks Club" viajamos a Japón de la mano de Eiji Yoshikawa y su relato basado en el famoso Musashi.

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Villain Protagonist: Due to the Blue-and-Orange Morality and the fact that his single-minded quest for mastery causes pain to third-parties, Musashi is arguably this until he hits his Martial Pacifist stride about two-thirds of the way into the novel. Although he probably never became the samurai ideal he was presented as in the book, at least not until the last years of his life, it is known that Musashi stopped fighting fatal duels after the events of the novel, prefering to beat enemies without hurting them.this is the time when samurai were still prevalent by the advent of muskets was starting to take over. The book of Five Rings, Translated by William Scott Wilson, who translated the next book, is authored by Miyamoto Musashi himself. Sembrerebbe uno spreco, non fosse che così l'ambizione di Musashi a divenire samurai diventa quasi più pura, assoluta: cercare la forza e la saggezza per sé stesso, per migliorare sé stesso, e non per mettersi a servizio di un signore. The lovely Otsū, seeing in Musashi her ideal of manliness, frees him from his tortuous punishment, but he is recaptured and imprisoned. Celibate Hero: Musashi, who doesn't enter a relationship (mentioned in the books) until the end, when he finally gives in to dogged nice girl Otsū.