The Book of Five Rings

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Author: Miyamoto Musashi
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 10/23/2018
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 6.70h x 4.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781611806403

About the Author
Miyamoto Musashi, who lived in Japan in the 1600s, was an undefeated dueler, a masterless samurai, and an independent teacher. He spent the last decades of his life refining and teaching his military science.

Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.