Ichijoji
Sumi-e, strategy and swordsmanship - inspired by the arts of Miyamoto Musashi
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sword
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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...
Sunday, 23 January 2011
Musashi Koshirae
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Poster for an exhibition at the Shimada Art Museum 2009 The subject of swords and koshirae is vast - and one that I`m not really qualif...
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Tuesday, 16 November 2010
The Death of Ryoma
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Yesterday, November 15th, was the anniversary of the death of Sakamoto Ryoma. Here in Kyoto, there was a memorial service for Ryoma and Naka...
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Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Zen again - what a pickle
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The subject of Zen and the sword is a perennial chestnut. The 'traditional' view that kendo is a kind of 'zen in motion' se...
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Matsuura Seizan -swordsman and scholar
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Matsuura Seizan is an unusual and interesting figure - a kind of 'renaissance man' - but little known in the west, which is a pity,...
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