Ichijoji

Sumi-e, strategy and swordsmanship - inspired by the arts of Miyamoto Musashi

Showing posts with label samurai history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label samurai history. Show all posts
Friday, 28 June 2019

Victor Harris - the original Book of Five Rings

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  Perhaps the best cover of any version of Gorin no Sho - and the picture is one of Kuniyoshi's depictions of Musashi. ...
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Sunday, 13 March 2016

Sanada Maru - a family of strategists

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Sakai Masato in the leading role as Sanada Nobushige (i.e. Yukimura) The beginning of every year sees   a new year long historical dr...
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Thursday, 26 November 2015

Ryoma – in the news again

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Sakamoto Ryoma seems to exert an endless fascination on the Japanese public, and I have to admit that he seems one o...
Tuesday, 21 July 2015

Miyamoto Musashi, A Life in Arms

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A review of William De Lange's account of the life of Miyamoto Musashi. Of all Japanese swordsmen, Miyamoto Musashi is the be...
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Chris Hellman
The title of this blog, Ichijoji, refers to the site of the battle between Miyamoto Musashi and the massed forces of the Yoshioka clan. It was also, as it happens, not more than ten minutes away from where I used to live, on the eastern edge of Kyoto. It is, for me, powerfully redolent of the mystery and romance of Japan. Musashi himself is an emblematic figure, and his skill in a range of arts to which I have devoted years of study myself -swordsmanship, strategy and sumi-e, make it an apt title for this blog.
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