Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa

[Soul Blade]

Hi Guys

Just wondering if anyone has read the book.
It was given to me for a gift and just wanted thoughts on the book if anyone has read..


Cheers


Pete

[KhawMengLee]

Hi Guys

Just wondering if anyone has read the book.
It was given to me for a gift and just wanted thoughts on the book if anyone has read..


Cheers


Pete

A good book. I found it in a branch of Elizabeth's Second Hand Books. Its quite a long read but has very rich imagery of japanese culture, the ending for me wasa bit brief.

[Kenshin Axel]

An awesome book!!!
I read it 5 times!!!
I did not find one part boring, Eiji Yoshikawa is truly a great author, too bad he passed away about 40 years ago.
I also read another book by him, it was called Taiko, it was very good also, but not as good as Musashi, Musashi is truly a work of art.
I got the very old hard back edition, One of my Dad's friends didnt want it anymore, so I got it!!
Yes, the ending was quite brief, but who cares!!
It was one of the best books I've ever read.

[Soul Blade]

Thanks Guys

I just finished reading the Book of 5 rings, which I found quite inspriational. I looking forward to reading Musashi now.

It is a huge book, but bet its worth every page...

Cheers


Pete

[JSchmidt]

Bear in mind that Yoshikawa's book is fiction, based losely on Mushashi's life.
It's probably best described as the Japanese version of 'Gone with the Wind'

Jakob

[Mordechai]

Im actually about 200 pages into this book, and Ive throughly enjoyed every word of it so far...It has a style all of its own

[Soul Blade]

Yeah I read that at the back of the book..

[mingshi]

I speed-read thru the 7 volumes (Chinese translation) in a week... Nothing too impressive as I've read better stuff about martial artists in Chinese. I find Musashi has a plain storyline with too many unnecessary branches... (eg the romance part...)

For historical correctness I should have spend time on Shiba Ryoutaro or Yamaoka Souhachi....

[KhawMengLee]

I liked Taiko better. Tho' Yoshikawa's less known novel "The Erotic Adventures of Musashi in Funky Town Edo" is the best.

[Andoru]

Tho' Yoshikawa's less known novel "The Erotic Adventures of Musashi in Funky Town Edo" is the best.

Oooooooooooh....is it illustrated?

[DCPan]

I speed-read thru the 7 volumes (Chinese translation) in a week... Nothing too impressive as I've read better stuff about martial artists in Chinese. I find Musashi has a plain storyline with too many unnecessary branches... (eg the romance part...)

Ditto. I've read both the English version and the Chinese version. Was kind of dry, like reading Lord of the Rings

Frankly, I've found reading "Musashi after Ganryu Island" by Koyama?/Oyama? to be much for fun and to my liking.

[emitbrownne]

still struggling through it.....

its good but not brill.

[DCPan]

Author: Koyama Katsukiyo
Title: Sore kara no Musashi

[gsx1100s]

Yup read "Musashi" , the "Gone With The Wind " label is fitting in some ways.I also read "Taiko" and loved it . Probably because it gave me a greater understanding of Japanese history, although a lot of poetic licence was used it was still pretty amazing


cheers Michael

[Caveira]

I find Musashi has a plain storyline with too many unnecessary branches... (eg the romance part...)

you have to consider that the book was originally published in several chapters in a news paper, and a common thing when doing this(if its selling well) is trying to make more chapters, the conclusion: some parts are unnecesary.