Comments on: Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai – Review http://www.isugoi.com/musashi-the-dream-of-the-last-samurai-review/ For The Thinking Otaku Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:35:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Douglas http://www.isugoi.com/musashi-the-dream-of-the-last-samurai-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1568 Douglas Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:08:28 +0000 http://www.isugoi.com/?p=1822#comment-1568 Most scholars would conclude that he lived in an era in which "virtually" all internal wars had ended--the usage of "virtually" meaning not wholly; just about. This would certainly apply here, simply because there wasn't constant warring occurring like in the Sengoku era for example. It is also not certain fact that he fought in the Battle of Sekigahara as well--which adds to surrounding myth of his stature. Most scholars would conclude that he lived in an era in which “virtually” all internal wars had ended–the usage of “virtually” meaning not wholly; just about. This would certainly apply here, simply because there wasn’t constant warring occurring like in the Sengoku era for example. It is also not certain fact that he fought in the Battle of Sekigahara as well–which adds to surrounding myth of his stature.

]]> By: gwern http://www.isugoi.com/musashi-the-dream-of-the-last-samurai-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1567 gwern Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:37:49 +0000 http://www.isugoi.com/?p=1822#comment-1567 > Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) was an unrivalled swordsman in the days when internal wars in Japan had virtually ended. Not quite right. He fought in, he says, 6 battles, and the Battle of Sekigahara (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto#Travels_and_duels and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sekigahara), which was a battle to end all battles. He lived to see the end of internal wars, but he lived through his fair share of wars. > Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) was an unrivalled swordsman in the days when internal wars in Japan had virtually ended.

Not quite right. He fought in, he says, 6 battles, and the Battle of Sekigahara (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto#Travels_and_duels and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sekigahara), which was a battle to end all battles. He lived to see the end of internal wars, but he lived through his fair share of wars.

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