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	Judo Book Review - Musashi
		Yoshikawa's story begins with the youthful Takezo, later to be renamed Miyamoto Musashi, lying wounded among the corpses of the defeated army on that battlefield.
		Yoshikawa remains true to history or at least to historical tradition, and his love story, which runs as a background theme in minor scale throughout the book, is very authentically Japanese.
		Yoshikawa himself was a son of a former samurai who failed like most members of his class to make a successful economic transition to the new age.
	www.bestjudo.com /brmusashi.shtml (2883 words)

	Eiji Yoshikawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was mainly influenced by classics such as The Tale of the Heike, Tale of Genji, Outlaws of the Marsh and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many of which he retold later in his life.
		He is cited as one of the best historical novelists in Japan and even the world in general.
		He was born Hidetsugu Yoshikawa (吉川英次 Yoshikawa Hidetsugu) in Kanagawa Prefecture, in what is now a part of Yokohama.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eiji_Yoshikawa (953 words)

	Amazon.com: Musashi: Books: Eiji Yoshikawa,Charles S. Terry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		yoshikawa had tried lamely to convey the zenism and taoism in the early japanese era, characters were badly created, storyline dragged so long and uninterested in snail-like speed.
		It was with overwhelming joy that I found Eiji Yoshikawa's "Musashi", which is one of the more famous novelisations of the life of Miyamoto Musashi.
		If you are thinking of getting into some Japanese authors, Eiji Yoshikawa offers a great story to start with, and it has little of the customary darkness and forboding of the usual author from Japan.
	www.amazon.com /Musashi-Eiji-Yoshikawa/dp/4770019572 (2615 words)

	The Heike Story (1956)
		As of this writing, THE HEIKÉ STORY is the third (and last, not counting his autobiography) of Eiji Yoshikawa's novels to appear in English.
		Some familiarity with Japan's history in general would be helpful, and I must recommend George Sansom's classic HISTORY OF JAPAN TO 1334, which is especially good for the system of cloistered government.
		However, none of these is strictly necessary, for Yoshikawa's novel stands on its own through the vigor of the narrative, and the convoluted, but eminently readable, storyline.
	www.gotterdammerung.org /books/reviews/h/heike-story.html (626 words)

	Denkyu.com - Legend of Musashi and Life of Eiji Yoshikawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Eiji Yoshikawa, author of Musashi, was born in Kanagawa in 1892 and began writing when he was 22 and worked for several newspapers and magazines when he was around 30.
		While his purpose was not clear to him, he spent his life practicing swordsmanship and challenging different men of different fighting arts while at the same time tries to define himself as a normal person.
		Eiji's style in fictionalizing the life of an honorary samurai is truly inspiring.
	www.denkyu.com /august2004/03.html (634 words)

	Mangamaniacs Review: Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue
		Adapted from Eiji Yoshikawa's hugely popular fictionalized biography Musashi, Vagabond is a fictional account of the life of Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645).
		But Musashi's strength lies in the fact that it was written by a Japanese author, lending it authenticity while Shogun's very Westernized love theme flagrantly flouts history to fit in the story and is seen to be unmanageable in the Japan of that time.
		Yoshikawa keeps true to history (or at least to historical tradition) and keeps the love story, which runs as a minor theme throughout the story, is very authentically Japanese.
	www.mangamaniacs.org /reviews/vagabond.shtml (971 words)

	Raven's Reviews: Eiji Yoshikawa
		Eiji Yoshikawa (1892-1962) was one of Japan’s most prolific and popular writers.
		Yoshikawa’s novel is a work of fiction, but attempts to accurately depict important historical figures of the time, including the title character.
		And for you anime-fiends who crave an element of frustrated romance in your samurai stories, there’s some of that, too (though you’ll probably be disappointed at the scarcity of strong female characters).
	tatooine.fortunecity.com /leguin/405/ae/eijiy.html (729 words)

	BudoSeek! Martial Arts Community Forums - Musashi
		I would say that all the details in Yoshikawa's book are fictional.
		He refers a lot to the novel by Yoshikawa because thats where most people get their knowledge about Musashi from.
		There are places in the book wherein it appears that virtually every young, single woman in Japan was threatening suicide if she couldn't have Musashi, so it's obviously fiction, and of course was billed as such - I'm not casting dispersions on Yoshikawa for his historical inaccuracies.
	www.budoseek.net /vbulletin/printthread.php?t=9157 (548 words)

	Gramedia Pustaka Utama - Detail Pengarang
		Nama aslinya Hidetsugu Yoshikawa, lahir pada tahun 1892 di dekat Tokyo.
		Semuanya ditulis menggunakan nama samaran, sebelumnya akhirnya ia memutuskan memakai nama samaran Eiji.
		Sampai saat meninggalkannya pada tahun 1962, Eiji Yoshikawa menjadi salah satu novelis terkenal dan paling disukai di Jepang.
	www.gramedia.com /author_detail.asp?id=EBEO4842 (302 words)

	Miyamoto Musashi (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In a similar vein, he is sometimes said to have helped quell the Shimabara Rebellion of 1638 - a theory which, as with his glories at Osaka, is impossible to prove.
		On the other hand, many of the important events depicted in Yoshikawa Eiji's famous novel Musashi have a basis in reality, to include his battle with the Yoshioka School, his defeat of the noted spearman Inei (chief priest of the Hôzô-in), and his duel in 1612 with Sasaki Kojiro, another famed swordsman.
		Century and beyond, largely as a result of Yoshikawa's novel (which was originally published in serialized form in the Asahi Shimbun).
	www.samurai-archives.com.cob-web.org:8888 /musashi.html (560 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era: Books: Eiji Yoshikawa,Charles S. Terry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This is the first Japanese novel, and the first one of Yoshikawa for that matter, and it surely won't be the last: once started, it was difficult to put it down for a day.
		Yoshikawa has sadly missed some of Musashi's better duels and events.
		Also a shame the tsubas on the swords on the front cover are wrong as Musashi designed his own.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Musashi-Epic-Novel-Samurai-Era/dp/4770019572 (1265 words)

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		In this case, the popular image of Musashi in modern Japan has been shaped by Eiji Yoshikawa's book Musashi, which is a sort of "fictional biography" of his life.
		SS2--Musashi (at least according to Yoshikawa) did have a Zen Buddhist monk as a mentor during his early years named Takuan Soho (also a real person--there's a pickle named after him!).
		He was reputed to be the most skilled swordsman around, and could slice swallows in mid-air, according to Yoshikawa.
	www.cjas.org /~leng/sshist.txt (2056 words)

	E-Budo.com - Tsubame Gaeshi - Ganryu Ryu - Sasaki Kojiro's school
		The only sources I found were from Yoshikawa's book and the Samurai trilogy.
		I believe I read it was founded my Chujo Nagahide and he served the Ashikaga clan sometime around the end of the fourteenth century.
		It's entirely possible that Yoshikawa did in fact invent the name and the technique--or at least think that he did--but "tsubame-gaeshi" ("swallow return"; aka "enbiken" or "flying swallow sword")is a real technique, practiced by the Kashima-Shinryu, among other schools.
	www.e-budo.com /forum/printthread.php?t=2099 (1805 words)

	Amazon.com: Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan: Books: Eiji Yoshikawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For Hideyoshi's passions are not limited to war and intrigue-his faithful wife, Nene, holds his love dear, even when she must share it; the chaste Oyu, sister of Hideyoshi's chief strategist, falls prey to his desires; and the seductive Chacha, whom he rescues from the fiery destruction of her father's castle, tempts his weakness.
		As recounted by Eiji Yoshikawa, author of the international best-seller Musashi, Taiko tells many stories: of the fury of Nobunaga and the fatal arrogance of the fl-toothed Yoshimoto; of the pathetic downfall of the House of Takeda; how the scorned Mitsuhide betrayed his master; how once impregnable ramparts fell as their defenders died gloriously.
		Most of all, though, Taiko is the story of how one man transformed a nation through the force of his will and the depth of his humanity.
	www.amazon.com /Taiko-Novel-Glory-Feudal-Japan/dp/4770026099 (2248 words)

	iComics.com
		Musashi's A Book of Five Rings is world-renowned for its mix of knowledge of fighting tactics and Zen philosophy; it's that mixture of the two that makes up so much of Musashi's mystique and stature.
		I was entranced within pages of reading Vagabond; Inoue's adaptation of Yoshikawa's Musashi pulls you right into the story and doesn't let you go.
		As an added bonus, the color pages from its original serialization in Japan are reproduced here as well; it's a nice touch, and lets us see the work as Inoue intended.
	www.icomics.com /rev_021102_vagabond.shtml (636 words)

	Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa - in English, Englisch (USA), Buch der Woche, Literatur, Printed Matter
		About the Author Eiji Yoshikawa was born in 1892 in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo.
		Resident in Japan since 1952, he also received a master's degree in Chinese history from the University of Tokyo and has since been active as a translator of works on Japanese art, architecture and history.
		Excerpted from Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry.
	www.worldlanguage.com /German/Products/102505.htm (806 words)

	Save $4.85! Save Â£0.97! The Heike Story: A Modern Translation of the Classic Tale of Love and War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This is another great book by Yoshikawa and would recommend to any readers interested in Japanese history and warfare.
		Many words have been translated into their actual meanings, e.g.
		Will be nice to have "Yoritomo of the Genji" translated into English too, it being a companion book for "The Heike Story" and continues the story to the creation of the Kamakura Shogunate.
	www.hackcraft.net /bookref/?urn:isbn:0804833184 (508 words)

	Re: Musashi,the book by Eiji Yoshikawa / the movie. (Sword Forum International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		I haven't read yet Yoshikawa's novel but I have already ordered it.
		I thought it was a reliable document about Musashi, so I dissapointed a bit.
		Re: Musashi,the book by Eiji Yoshikawa / the movie.
	swordforum.com /jsa/messages/1321.html (128 words)

	Movie Info for Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto on MSN Movies
		When first released in the US, Samurai 1 was "clarified" by the narration of William Holden, an actor with a long-standing fascination and affection for all things Japanese.
		Based on a mammoth novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi Miyamoto was followed by Duel at Ichijoji Temple and Duel at Ganyru Island.
		All three films were eventually combined into an epic single entity, Samurai Trilogy.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=13576 (167 words)

	HISTORY OF KYOKUSHIN KARATE
		Matsutatsu Oyama visited Eiji Yoshikawa and Shiro Ozaki, two famous Japanese writers, to learn more about the old Samurai way.
		Eiji Yoshikawa "Musashi" a book that Matsutatsu Oyama took with him when he went into the mountains to give him inspiration.
		Matsutatsu Oyama went to mount Minobi for training.
	www.angelfire.com /nc/karate/history.html (1307 words)

	miyamato
		Miyamoto Musashi was the first and most powerful installment in Japanese filmmaker Hiroshi Ingaki's Samurai trilogy (Duel at Ichijoji Temple and Duel at Ganyru Island).
		It's based on a long novel by Eiji Yoshikawa and set in 17th century feudal Japan.
		It combines an adventure story of fighting skills with spiritual training and romance.
	www.sover.net /~ozus/miyamato.htm (336 words)

	Yoshikawa Eiji - Wikipedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		吉川英治, Yoshikawa Eiji) ist ein japanischer Schriftsteller, der im Westen vor allem durch sein Werk Musashi bekannt wurde.
		Der Roman Taiko beschreibt die Epoche der japanischen Reichseinigung, welche mit der am Anfang von Musashi dargestellten Schlacht von Sekigahara endet.
		Literatur von und über Yoshikawa Eiji im Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
	de.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Yoshikawa_Eiji (77 words)

	Interviews (Koji Suzuki)
		In 1991, he published the novel Ring, which was made into a successful feature film.
		In 1996, with Rasen (Spiral), the sequel to Ring, he won the Yoshikawa Eiji Young Writer Award.
		Ring series included two more installments, Loop and Birthday.
	www.japanreview.net /interview_Koji_Suzuki.htm (1874 words)

	The Sword Polisher from Eiji Yoshikawa's Epic Novel Musashi
		The Sword Polisher from Eiji Yoshikawa's Epic Novel Musashi
		This is an excerpt from the epic novel Musashi written by Eiji Yoshikawa in 1929.
		Please feel free to contact me at the following address:
	home.att.net /~hofhine/Polisher.html (648 words)

	Amazon.ca: Musashi: Books: Eiji Yoshikawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		D.Ma (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews
		Eiji Yoshikawa did a marvelous job combining the figures from that era in Japan's history into an exciting and thought provoking book.
		I first read this when I was in elementary school and I must say it has partly influenced me from that point forward.
	www.amazon.ca /Musashi-Eiji-Yoshikawa/dp/4770019572 (1226 words)

	Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Brief
		“I was entranced within pages of reading Vagabond; Inoue's adaptation of Yoshikawa's Musashi pulls you right into the story and doesn't let you go.” —Greg McElhatton, iComics.com
		Adapted from Eiji Yoshikawa’s hugely popular fictionalized biography Musashi, and depicting the life and times of real-life “sword saint” Miyamoto Musashi, Vagabond takes place in Tokugawa Era Japan, where a new government has taken power and the land is in disarray.
		Amidst the turmoil, Takezo, a young ronin, sets out on a journey throughout Japan seeking out opponents both strong and skilled, prepared to slay anyone who might get in his way.
	www.comicbookresources.com /news/newsitem.cgi?id=958 (595 words)

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