The Book of Five Rings deals primarily with the character of his Niten Ichi-ryЕ« school in a concrete sense, i.e., his own practical martial art and its generic significance The Path of Aloneness, on the other hand, deals with the ideas that lie behind it, as well as his life's philosophy in a few short aphoristic sentences. Both documents were given to Terao MagonojЕЌ, the most important of Musashi's students, seven days before Musashi's death.

He was the founder of the Niten Ichi-ryЕ«, or Nito Ichi-ryЕ«, style of swordsmanship, and in his final years authored The Book of Five Rings ( дє”ијЄгЃ®ж›ё, Go Rin No Sho) and DokkЕЌdЕЌ ( The Path of Aloneness). He is considered a Kensei, a sword-saint of Japan. Musashi, as he was often simply known, became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 61 duels (next is 33 by ItЕЌ IttЕЌsai). Miyamoto Musashi ( е®®жњ¬ ж¦и”µ, 1584 вЂ“ 13 June 1645), also known as Shinmen TakezЕЌ, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten DЕЌraku, was a Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer and rЕЌnin. Takemura Yoemon Terao MagonojЕЌ Terao Motomenosuke Furuhashi SЕЌzaemon Niten DЕЌraku Shinmen Musashi no Kami Fujiwara no Wezou Harima Province or Mimasaka Province, Japan Portrait of Miyamoto Musashi (Edo period) For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.You should also add the template to the talk page.A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at ] see its history for attribution.

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