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Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era

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Musashi
By: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry - translator
Narrated by: Brian Nishii
Length: 53 hrs and 24 mins
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7 (4,370 ratings)

©1971 Fumiko Yoshikawa §2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Unabridged Audiobook
Categories: Literature & Fiction
Biographical Fiction

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Read By: Brian Nishii
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Listen Time:
53.50 hours at 1.0x Speed
35.67 hours at 1.5x Speed
26.75 hours at 2.0x Speed
Release Date: August 2018
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Delivery: Instant Download
ISBN: 9781538589922

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Musashi
By Charles Terry and Eiji Yoshikawa

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman.

Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging from decades of civil strife. Lured to the great Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 by the hope of becoming a samurai—without really knowing what it meant—he regains consciousness after the battle to find himself lying defeated, dazed and wounded among thousands of the dead and dying. On his way home, he commits a rash act, becomes a fugitive and brings life in his own village to a standstill—until he is captured by a weaponless Zen monk.The lovely Otsu, seeing in Musashi her ideal of manliness, frees him from his tortuous punishment, but he is recaptured and imprisoned. During three years of solitary confinement, he delves into the classics of Japan and China. When he is set free again, he rejects the position of samurai and for the next several years pursues his goal relentlessly, looking neither to left nor to right.

Ever so slowly it dawns on him that following the Way of the Sword is not simply a matter of finding a target for his brute strength. Continually striving to perfect his technique, which leads him to a unique style of fighting with two swords simultaneously, he travels far and wide, challenging fighters of many disciplines, taking nature to be his ultimate and severest teacher and undergoing the rigorous training of those who follow the Way. He is supremely successful in his encounters, but in the Art of War he perceives the way of peaceful and prosperous governance and disciplines himself to be a real human being. He becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and been touched by. And, inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival.

Musashi is a novel in the best tradition of Japanese story telling. It is a living story, subtle and imaginative, teeming with memorable characters, many of them historical. Interweaving themes of unrequited love, misguided revenge, filial piety and absolute dedication to the Way of the Samurai, it depicts vividly a world Westerners know only vaguely. Full of gusto and humor, it has an epic quality and universal appeal.
The novel was made into a three-part movie by Director Hiroshi Inagai.

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Album : Musashi
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Composer : Eiji Yoshikawa
Publisher : Blackstone Audio
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Recorded date : July 11, 1939
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Copyright : ©1971 Fumiko Yoshikawa §2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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pub : Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Menu #2:
00:00:00.000 : Intro - Opening Credits ☕
00:00:22.303 : Foreword
00:16:03.303 : BOOK I • EARTH
00:16:10.812 : The Little Bell
00:37:39.812 : The Comb
01:32:52.324 : The Flower Festival
02:02:06.406 : The Dowager’s Wrath
02:42:18.866 : The Art of War
03:49:10.067 : The Old Cryptomeria Tree
04:26:42.774 : The Rock and the Tree
05:16:19.851 : The Birth of Musashi
05:53:59.246 : BOOK II • WATER
05:54:05.585 : The Yoshioka School
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