Автор: Antony Cummins, Yoshie Minami
Название: The Book of Samurai: Book One: The Fundamental Teachings
Издательство: Watkins Publishing
Год: 2015
Серия: Book Of Samurai
ISBN: 9781780288888
Язык: English
Формат: epub, pdf
Размер: 11,2 mb
Страниц: 544
Natori-Ryu is a samurai school of war founded in the sixteenth century. The school initially focused on its own military tactics, which included the administering of medical aid; adherents were known among their allied clans for producing a salve for sword wounds and tending to the wounded. However, the main focus was military strategy, developed in the service of the famed warlord Takeda Shingen of Koshu, one of the most feared in Japan.
Antony Cummins and Yoshie Minami have brought the teachings of the famed samurai school Natori-Ryu back to life through The Book of Samurai series, and present the lost arts of the samurai in the English language for the first time.
BOOK ONE is a translation of two secret scrolls and establishes the Fundamental Teachings of a samurai student, revealing the basic traditions of Natori-Ryu. The first scroll, Heika J?dan contains 290 lessons that define the baseline for samurai during times of peace, a time which is considered as preparation for war, focusing each student on expanding their own ability and conduct, giving them the mind-set needed for any battles to come. The second scroll, Ippei Y?k?, moves the student onto the field of battle, giving them an understanding of what is expected of them during a campaign of war and providing the necessary guidance for samurai who are to take up arms for the first time. These first two Natori-Ryu documents are an in-depth and detailed account of the practicality of samurai warfare, opening up the lost world of these Japanese warriors to all modern readers.