Musashi

Yoshikawa Eiji; Charles S. Terry, Translator

ISBN 10: 4770019572 / ISBN 13: 9784770019578

Published by Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo, Japan and New York, NY, USA, 2004

Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo, Japan and New York, NY, USA, 2004. Fourteenth (14th) Printing (from number line) of First Edition Thus (Compact Edition), which was first printed in 1995. The original English language translation from the Japanese by Charles S. Terry was first published in 1981. Unread. As New in As New Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, bright white, tight, straight and square, with no markings of any kind. The Binding is light blue textured boards with bright brown title and author to front board, bright brown title, etc., to spine, and all corners square and sharp. The pictorial Dust Jacket is flawless - bright and intact with the original price ($35.00) intact on the front flap. See photos. xiii + 970 pages. 6" x 8 1/2". Foreword by Edwin. O. Reischauer. Originally serialized in Japan from 1935 to 1939, this historical fiction novel follows the life of Japan's most famous philosopher swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi, from the end of the Battle of Sekigahara to his composition of the Book of the Five Rings. The English language translation is an abridgment. Those wanting to read an unabridged version will have to read it in the original Japanese or in Portuguese, in a 2,000 page translation published in Brazil by Estadao in 1998. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 1,160 grams / 2 lb., 9 oz., and will require extra postage for international shipment. NOTE: Wee also have the author's historical novel Taiko for sale. ISBN 10: 4770019572 ISBN 13: 9784770019578. Seller Inventory # 000438

Synopsis:

When a Zen priest saves Musashi after the Battle of Sekigahara and confines him in solitude to train and discipline his mind and spirit, Musashi attempts to become the greatest samurai in Japan

About the Author:
EIJI YOSHIKAWA was born in 1892 in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. He began his literary career at the age of twenty-two. During his thirties he worked as a journalist while continuing to write stories and novels, reaching a large and appreciative readership through having his work published, often serially, in newspapers and popular magazines. At the time of his death in 1962, he was one of Japan's best-known and best-loved novelists. He received the Cultural Medal, the highest award for a man of letters, and other cultural decorations, including the Order of the Sacred Treasure.

CHARLES S. TERRY, the translator, was born in Mississippi in 1926 and graduated from Duke University. He first studied Japanese in the U.S. Navy during WW II and after the war received a master's degree from Columbia University in Japanese history. Resident in Japan since 1952, he also received a master's degree in Chinese history from the University of Tokyo and has since been active as a translator of works on Japanese art, architecture and history. He died in 1982.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Musashi
Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo, Japan and New York, NY, USA
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Edition: First Edition Thus