Musashi (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Eiji Yoshikawa
- First Published: 1981
- Time of Work: 1600–1612
- Setting: Japan
- Principal Characters: Miyamoto Musashi Masana, Hon’iden Matahachi, Takuan Sōhō, Otsū, Osugi, Sasaki Kojirō Ganryū
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Leadership, Military life or service, Japan or Japanese people, Biography, Feudalism, Samurai, Zen Buddhism, Martial arts
- Locales: Japan
Form and Content
Eiji Yoshikawa’s massive fictionalized biography of a Japanese folk hero was originally published from 1935 to 1939 in serial form in the prestigious Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun under the title Miyamoto Musashi. In 1981, it was translated with the English title Musashi by Charles S. Terry, who condensed it into one volume of 970 pages with seven major sections, each containing many short chapters. In his work, Yoshikawa relates the story of the young life of Miyamoto Musashi Masana (originally Shimmen Takezō), a Japanese folk hero...
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