Those with an interest in feudal Japan are urged not to miss Eiji Yoshikawa's samurai epic, "Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era" — just don't expect historical accuracy. In telling the story of ...
TOKYO -- Yoshikawa Eiji Memorial Museum, the former home of author Eiji Yoshikawa whose various popular works include the samurai epic "Musashi," is seeing a rise in young, female visitors thanks to a ...
The story of Musashi Miyamoto is one of the most famous and often filmed sagas in Japanese film and television history. Almost every production is based upon Eiji Yoshikawa's monumental MUSASHI novel ...
A historical adventure spanning three films, adapted from the novel Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. They follow the development of the famous author and warrior, Musashi Miyamoto.
Vagabond, the critically acclaimed manga by Takehiko Inoue, stands tall as one of the greatest stories ever told in the samurai genre — and arguably, in all of manga. Based on Eiji Yoshikawa’s novel ...
Japanese history novelist Kengo Tominaga proposed a theory that Musashi during the Sekigahara Campaign did not fight in the main battle of Sekigahara, rather he fought under Kuroda Yoshitaka against Ishida Mitsunari loyalists from the western provinces in the battle of Ishigakihara, Ōita Prefecture.
Miyamoto Musashi was a famous Japanese soldier-artist of the early Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867). Musashi began his career as a fighter early in life when, at age 13, he killed a man in single combat.
Learn who was Miyamoto Musashi and uncover how his unmatched skill, philosophy, and duels made him Japan’s most legendary samurai.