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An edition of Gorin no sho (1963)

The complete book of five rings

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  • ★★★ 3.2 (16 ratings) ·
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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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Shambhala
Language
English
Pages
223

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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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The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi
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Table of Contents

Writings on the five elements (Gorin no sho)
The scroll of earth
The scroll of water
The scroll of fire
The scroll of wind
The scroll of heaven
The texts preceding the Gorin no sho
"The mirror of the way of strategy" (Hyodokyo)
"Thirty-five instructions on strategy" (Hyoho sanju go kajo)
"Forty-two instructions on strategy" (Hyoho shiju ni kajo)
"The way to be followed alone" (Dokkodo)
Appendix: The translation of the Gorin no sho.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Dewey Decimal Class
355.02
Library of Congress
U101 .M5913 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
223 p. ;
Number of pages
223

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24422193M
Internet Archive
completebookoffi00miya
ISBN 13
9781590307977
LCCN
2010005134
OCLC/WorldCat
436030266

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