Since its first translation in 1974 to its most recent in 2009, the Gorinsho’s meaning has been ill represented in English and no extant translation is suitable for scholarly reference. There are many English translations, yet I make the claim that one more is necessary. “Wind” is a critique of the tendencies Musashi noticed in other sword schools, and “Space” describes the concept of warfare and how to embody its “true way” (though this scroll is evidently incomplete). The text is divided into five sections, “Earth,” “Water,” “Fire,” “Wind,” and “Space ” the first three introduce and explain both military strategy and warfare of his school, Niten-ichi-ryū. Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) wrote the Gorinsho ("Book of Five Rings") at the end of his life.
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