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Sumi-e, strategy and swordsmanship - inspired by the arts of Miyamoto Musashi
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Sekigahara - the question of Musashi's role in the decisive battle
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Musashi and Matahachi stagger off the field of Sekigahara – as the movies saw it. October 21st 1600 saw one of the most d...
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Thursday, 8 August 2013
Leonard Foujita
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Self Portrait with Cat Leonard Foujita (1886-1968), as he was known in later life (Foujita Tsuguharu for the earlier part of his caree...
Sunday, 7 July 2013
Hyoshi: timing, rhythm and translation
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The cover of the Victor Harris translation This is a slightly expanded version of a post I made on the forum at sonshi.com with refere...
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Sunday, 23 June 2013
Iai – more than drawing the sword
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From a scroll of the Sekiguchi Shinshin ryu (1810), showing iaijutsu practiced on a very interesting looking striking dummy. (...
Sunday, 19 May 2013
More on Musashi's Monkey
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Not by Musashi, but by a contemporay; Kano Sansetsu (1589-1651) indulges his humorous side with this monkey. I have written a littl...
Sunday, 5 May 2013
The Glories of the Kyoto Kano School: Kano Sanraku and Kano Sansetsu at the Kyoto National Museum
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Kano Sanraku... this dragon is paired with the tiger and leopard below. It looses everything in such a small reproduction,...
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