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The Dokkodo (??? Dokkodo; "The Path of Aloneness" or "The Way to be Followed Alone") was a work written by Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi

, also known as Shinmen Takezo, Miyamoto Bennosuke, or by his Buddhist name Niten Doraku, was a Japanese people swordsman famed for his duels and distinctive style....
 (?? ??) a week before he died in 1645. It is a short work, consisting of either nineteen or twenty-one precept
Precept

A Precept is a commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authority rule of action....
s; precepts 4 and 20 are omitted from the former version. It was largely composed on the occasion of Musashi giving away his possessions in preparation for death, and was dedicated to his favorite disciple, Terao Magonojo (to whom the earlier Go rin no sho
The Book of Five Rings

is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the samurai warrior Miyamoto Musashi circa 1645. It is considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Chanakya's Arthashastra....
 had also been dedicated), who took them to heart.






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The Dokkodo (??? Dokkodo; "The Path of Aloneness" or "The Way to be Followed Alone") was a work written by Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi

, also known as Shinmen Takezo, Miyamoto Bennosuke, or by his Buddhist name Niten Doraku, was a Japanese people swordsman famed for his duels and distinctive style....
 (?? ??) a week before he died in 1645. It is a short work, consisting of either nineteen or twenty-one precept
Precept

A Precept is a commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authority rule of action....
s; precepts 4 and 20 are omitted from the former version. It was largely composed on the occasion of Musashi giving away his possessions in preparation for death, and was dedicated to his favorite disciple, Terao Magonojo (to whom the earlier Go rin no sho
The Book of Five Rings

is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the samurai warrior Miyamoto Musashi circa 1645. It is considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Chanakya's Arthashastra....
 had also been dedicated), who took them to heart. It expresses a stringent, honest, and ascetic view of life.

The precepts


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