Lives of Master Swordsmen

In this book you meet the Olympians of swordsmanship, including Tsukahara Bokuden and Miyamoto Musashi, lone wolves who wandered the length and breadth of Japan in search of worthy opponents; Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, whose namesake was none other than Takeda Shingen, the brilliant warlord during the Age of Civil Wars; the Yagyu-hereditary instructors of the Tokugawa whose Zen based Kage ryu was the most illustrious of all schools in the annals of Japanese swordsmanship, and many others. With the exception of the chapter on Tsukahara Bokuden, which is based on oral tradition, Lives of Master Swordsmen is founded on a careful analysis of historical facts. Informative, fascinating reading for those interested in Japanese swordsmanship. Softcover.

Softcover, 257 pages