During three years of solitary confinement, he delves into the classics of Japan and China. The lovely Otsu, seeing in Musashi her ideal of manliness, frees him from his tortuous punishment, but he is recaptured and imprisoned. On his way home, he commits a rash act, bes a fugitive and brings life in his own village to a standstill-until he is captured by a weaponless Zen monk. Lured to the great Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 by the hope of bing 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. Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging from decades of civil strife. Book Synopsis The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. About the Book The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman.
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