{"product_id":"the-book-of-five-rings-the-classic-text-of-samurai-sword-strategy","title":"The Book of Five Rings  The Classic Text of Samurai Sword Strategy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Publisher: Setting down his thoughts on swordplay  on winning  and on spirituality  legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi intended this modest work as a guide for his immediate disciples and future generations of samurai. He had little idea he was penning a masterpiece that would be eagerly devoured by people in all walks of life centuries after his death. Along with The Art of War by Sun Tzu  The Book of Five Rings has long been regarded as an invaluable treatise on the strategy of winning. Musashis timeless advice on defeating an adversary  throwing an opponent off-guard  creating confusion  and other techniques for overpowering an assailant was addressed to the readers of earlier times on the battlefield  and now serves the modern reader in the battle of life. In this new rendering by the translator of Hagakure and The Unfettered Mind  William Scott Wilson adheres rigorously to the seventeenth-century Japanese text and clarifies points of ambiguity in earlier translations. In addition  he offers an extensive introduction and a translation of Musashis rarely published The Way of Walking Alone. This gift-book edition also features original art by Musashi himself as well as new calligraphy by Japanese artist Shiro Tsujimura.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945770315829,"sku":"ByrdShop_0760784574","price":27.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780760784570.jpg?v=1769910022","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-book-of-five-rings-the-classic-text-of-samurai-sword-strategy","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}