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Musashi
By: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry - translator
Narrated by: Brian Nishii
Length: 53 hrs and 24 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 08-28-18
Language: English
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Musashi
By Eiji Yoshikawa
The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman.
Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging from decades of civil strife. Lured to the great Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 by the hope of becoming a samurai--without really knowing what it meant--he regains consciousness after the battle to find himself lying defeated, dazed and wounded among thousands of the dead and dying. On his way home, he commits a rash act, becomes a fugitive and brings life in his own village to a standstill--until he is captured by a weaponless Zen monk.
The lovely Otsu, seeing in Musashi her ideal of manliness, frees him from his tortuous punishment, but he is recaptured and imprisoned. During three years of solitary confinement, he delves into the classics of Japan and China. When he is set free again, he rejects the position of samurai and for the next several years pursues his goal relentlessly, looking neither to left nor to right.
Ever so slowly it dawns on him that following the Way of the Sword is not simply a matter of finding a target for his brute strength. Continually striving to perfect his technique, which leads him to a unique style of fighting with two swords simultaneously, he travels far and wide, challenging fighters of many disciplines, taking nature to be his ultimate and severest teacher and undergoing the rigorous training of those who follow the Way. He is supremely successful in his encounters, but in the Art of War he perceives the way of peaceful and prosperous governance and disciplines himself to be a real human being.
He becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and been touched by. And, inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival.
Musashi is a novel in the best tradition of Japanese story telling. It is a living story, subtle and imaginative, teeming with memorable characters, many of them historical. Interweaving themes of unrequited love, misguided revenge, filial piety and absolute dedication to the Way of the Samurai, it depicts vividly a world Westerners know only vaguely. Full of gusto and humor, it has an epic quality and universal appeal.
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About the Author
EIJI YOSHIKAWA was born in 1892 in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. He began his literary career at the age of twenty-two. During his thirties he worked as a journalist while continuing to write stories and novels, reaching a large and appreciative readership through having his work published, often serially, in newspapers and popular magazines. At the time of his death in 1962, he was one of Japan's best-known and best-loved novelists. He received the Cultural Medal, the highest award for a man of letters, and other cultural decorations, including the Order of the Sacred Treasure.
CHARLES S. TERRY, the translator, was born in Mississippi in 1926 and graduated from Duke University. He first studied Japanese in the U.S. Navy during WW II and after the war received a master's degree from Columbia University in Japanese history. Resident in Japan since 1952, he also received a master's degree in Chinese history from the University of Tokyo and has since been active as a translator of works on Japanese art, architecture and history. He died in 1982.
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CONTENTS:
Foreword
by Edwin O. Reischauer
BOOK I • EARTH
The Little Bell
The Comb
The Flower Festival
The Dowager's Wrath
The Art of War
The Old Cryptomeria Tree
The Rock and the Tree
The Birth of Musashi
BOOK II • WATER
The Yoshioka School
The Wheel of Fortune
Encounter and Retreat
The Water Sprite
A Spring Breeze
The Hōzōin
Hannya Plain
The Koyagyū Fief
The Peony
Jōtarō's Revenge
The Nightingales
BOOK III • FIRE
Sasaki Kojirō
Reunion in Osaka
The Handsome Young Man
The Seashell of Forgetfulness
A Hero's Passing
The Drying Pole
Eagle Mountain
The Mayfly in Winter
The Pinwheel
The Flying Horse
The Butterfly in Winter
The Announcement
The Great Bridge at Gojō Avenue
BOOK IV • WIND
The Withered Field
A Man of Parts
Too Many Kojirōs
The Younger Brother
A Mother's Love
The Urbane Craftsman
Reverberations in the Snow
The Elegant People
The Broken Lute
A Sickness of the Heart
The Scent of Aloeswood
The Gate
A Toast to the Morrow
The Death Trap
A Meeting in the Moonlight
Stray Geese
The Spreading Pine
An Offering for the Dead
A Drink of Milk
Entwining Branches
The Male and Female Waterfalls
BOOK V • SKY
The Abduction
The Warrior of Kiso
Poisonous Fangs
A Maternal Warning
A One-Night Love Affair
A Gift of Money
A Cleansing Fire
Playing with Fire
A Cricket in the Grass
The Pioneers
Slaughter by the Riverside
Shavings
The Owl
A Plate of Loaches
Like Teacher, Like Pupil
Mountain Devils
First Planting
The Flies
The Soul Polisher
The Fox
An Urgent Letter
Filial Piety
Spring Shower in Red
A Block of Wood
The Deserted Prophet
The Talk of the Town
BOOK VI • SUN AND MOON
A Chat with the Men
Buzzing Insects
The Eagle
Green Persimmons
Eyes
Four Sages with a Single Light
The Locust Tree
Tadaaki's Madness
The Poignancy of Things
Two Drumsticks
The Demon's Attendant
Brother Disciples
The Pomegranate
Land of Dreams
The Challenge
The Gateway to Glory
The Sound of Heaven
BOOK VII • THE PERFECT LIGHT
The Runaway Ox
Hemp Seed
Sweepers and Salesmen
A Pear Blossom
The Port
The Writing Teacher
The Circle
Shikama Blue
The Mercy of Kannon
The Tides of Life
The Evening Boat
A Falcon and a Woman
Before the Thirteenth Day
At Daybreak
The Marriage
The Soul of the Deep
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