The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts

Name: The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
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"This collection of parables written by Issai Chozanshi, an eighteenth-century samurai, is a classic of martial arts literature." A visually thrilling graphic novel adaptation of classic martial arts parables on swordsmanship and strategy, written by a real-life samurai The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts is a classic collection of martial arts tales, written by the eighteenth-century samurai Issai Chozanshi. Featuring demons, insects, birds, cats, and numerous other creatures, the stories here may seem whimsical, but they contain essential teachings that offer insight into the fundamental principles of the martial arts. This graphic novel version based on Chozanshi's text brings these tales alive in a captivating and immediately accessible way. Infused with Chozanshi's deep understanding of Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto, the tales elucidate the nature of conflict, the importance of following one's own nature, yin and yang, the cultivation and transformation of ch'i (life energy), and the attainment of mushin (no-mind). Ultimately, the reader learns in a visually exciting way that the path of the sword is a path of self-knowledge and leads to an understanding of life itself.

Author Biography:

SEAN MICHAEL WILSON is a comic book writer from Scotland, living in Japan. He has had many books published with a variety of US, UK, and Japanese publishers, such asThe Book of Five Rings, and edited the critically acclaimedAX- alternative manga(Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of 2010" in comics). In 2016, his bookLafcadio Hearn's "The Faceless Ghost" and Other Macabre Tales from Japanwas nominated for the prestigious Eisner Award. And in 2017, his bookSecrets of the Ninjawon an International Manga Awardfrom the Japanese Government.

Release date Australia

March 12th, 2013

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Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributors

Illustrated by Michiru Morikawa
Translated by William Scott Wilson

Illustrations

illustrated throughout

Pages

160

Dimensions

152x229x10

ISBN-13

9781611800210

Product ID

20664476

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