A book of five rings
by Miyamoto Musashi, William Scott Wilson, Kenji Tokitsu, Brian Nishii, jose manquel, Karlo Toreles, Craig Trahan, Eric King, Z. Ferri, Renner Publishing, Rafael Arturo Herrera, Siegfried Schaarschmidt, José Manuel Pomares Olivares, Sean Michael Wilson, Chie Kutsuwada, Gerard Almirall Merlos, Victor Harris, Thomas Cleary, Alfonso Colodrón, Maisy Hatchard, 孙武 (Sun Tzu), Carlos Rubio, Makiko Sese, and Munenori Yagyū
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Few works of literature speak almost equally to the businessman, the philosopher, and the practitioner of the martial arts. Musashi's great classic, until now unknown in the West except by reputation, is one which speaks to all three. Famous for over 300 years, A Book of Five Rings is likely the most perceptive guide to strategy ever written.
Musashi is known to the Japanese as Kensie or "sword-saint." Though the facts of his life might suggest to American readers that he was a cruel and merciless man, in fact, Musashi relentlessly pursued an honest ideal, and its truth emerges from A Book of Five Rings. It is not a thesis on battle strategy; it is, in Musashi's words, "a guide for men who want to learn strategy" and, as a guide always leads, so its contents seem always just beyond the student's immediate understanding.
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Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi's Art of Strategy
2016, Book Sales, Incorporated
in English
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The book of five rings: the classic text of samurai sword strategy
2014, Fall River Press
in English
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The Book of Five Rings, The Classic Text of Samurai Sword Strategy
2006, Barnes & Noble, New York
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The Book of Five Rings
January 11, 2005, Shambhala
Mass Market Paperback
in English
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The Book of Five Rings
December 12, 2000, Shambhala
Paperback
in English
- New edition
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Das Buch der fünf Ringe. Die klassische Anleitung für strategisches Handeln.
October 1, 1999, Econ
Paperback
in German
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The Book of Five Rings (Gorin No Sho): The Real Art of Japanese Management
1982, Bantam Doubleday Dell
Mass Market Paperback
in English
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Translation of Gorin no sho.
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A psychological guide to strategy applicable to business, philosophy, or martial arts, written by sixteenth-century warrior Miyamoto Musashi as a means of explaining his success as a practitioner of Japanese swordfighting, or Kendo.
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