Continued from Musashi – Book 4: Wind 1. Abduction After their argument at the waterfall, the trio still travel together, but Musashi is well in front, while Otsu and Jotaro…
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Continuing from Musashi – Book 3: Fire 1. The Withered Field Students from the House of Yoshioka wait for their master on the outskirts of Kyoto. They wish to accompany…
Continuing from Musashi – Book 2: Water 1. Sasaki Kojiro At 22 and after having lived with Oko for five years, Matahachi finds himself a day laborer in Fushimi (located…
Continuing from Musashi – Book 1: Earth 1. The Yoshioka School Yoshioka Seijuro, the head of the House of Yoshioka, a sword-fighting school, spends the night drinking in Oko’s teahouse…
1. The Little Bell Takezo (later Musashi) and Matahachi, two foot soldiers who fought on the losing side at the Battle of Sekigahara, find refuge and a place to heal…
Ashikaga shogunate – a Japanese feudal military regime hakama – loose trousers, a type of traditional Japanese clothing honor – “To the samurai of this age, the most important thing…
Sekigahara – the place of the battle in which, in 1600, Ieyasu defeated the combined armies of the western daimyo for control of Japan Mount Ibuki – mountainous area located…
Tokugawa Yeyasu – the Shogun, ruler of Japan Oda Nobunaga – the initiator of the unification of Japan Toyotomi Hideyoshi – Oda Nobunaga’s former liege lord and successor Toyotomi Hideyori…
Musashi – Book 1: The Way of the Samurai, written by Eiji Yoshikawa, is a historical fiction novel set in Japan during the 17th century. The book follows the story…
Inspiring quotations selected from Musashi – Book One: The Way of the Samurai by Eiji Yoshikawa “I thought men who were good at the martial arts served under great lords…
