Miyamoto Musashi: A Life in Arms: A Biography of Japan's Greatest Swordsman

First to translate two of the oldest accounts of Musashi's career - the Bushû denraiki and the Bukôden - William de Lange presents a full biography of the most famous yet enigmatic of swordsmen. In doing so, he draws extensively on a wealth of additional and often neglected sources to reconstruct the meandering course of Musashi's eventful life: his dramatic encounter with Sasaki Kojirô on Ganryû island, his multiple bouts with the famed Yoshioka brothers, and the remarkable gestation of hi...