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"Soudain, il vit la vérité : les techniques de l'homme d'épée n'étaient pas son but ; il cherchait une Voie du sabre qui embrassât toute chose. (...) Pour la première fois, il se demanda s'il était possible à un être humain insignifiant de ne faire qu'un avec l'univers." Le jeune Takezo est devenu Miyamoto Musashi, redoutable samouraï. Il sait maintenant que l'art du sabre ne s'acquiert qu'à force de sacrifices et de choix, qu'il est aussi art de la Vie. Sur les terres entourant le mont Fuji, la belle Otsu, le disciple Jotaro et l'enfant lori suivent les traces de Musashi : ceux qui le vénèrent doivent accepter, eux aussi, la rude discipline du samouraï. Affrontements, rencontres, épreuves et leçons : telle est la voie de la sagesse, l'unique voie menant à la parfaite lumière. Mais pour l'atteindre, Musashi doit engager l'ultime combat.
Author
Pen-name of Yoshikawa Hidetsugu. Yoshikawa is well-known for his work as a Japanese historical fiction novelist, and a number of re-makes have been spawned off his work. In 1960, he received the Order of Cultural Merit. Eiji Yoshikawa (吉川 英治, August 11, 1892 – September 7, 1962) was a Japanese historical novelist. Among his best-known novels, most are revisions of older classics. 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 in his own style. As an example, the original manuscript of Taiko is 15 volumes; Yoshikawa took up to retell it in a more accessible tone, and reduced it to only two volumes. His other books also serve similar purposes and, although most of his novels are not original works, he created a huge amount of work and a renewed interest in the past. He was awarded the Cultural Order of Merit in 1960 (the highest award for a man of letters in Japan), the Order of the Sacred Treasure and the Mainichi Art Award just before his death from cancer in 1962. He is cited as one of the best historical novelists in Japan.
