A seated image of Miyamoto Musashi painted during the Edo period; artist unknown. (Courtesy of the Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art)
Koboku meigeki-zu (Shrike in barren tree), an ink painting by Musashi. Gorin no sho advocates involvement in calligraphy and other arts as means of training in the art of war. (Courtesy of the Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi)
Read in other languages