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Musashi
The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Musashi is a novel in the best tradition of Japanese story telling. It is a living story, subtle and imaginative, teeming with memorable characters, many of them historical. Interweaving themes of unrequited love, misguided revenge, filial piety and absolute dedication to the Way of the Samurai...more
Hardcover, 970 pages
Published
July 14th 1995
by Kodansha International
(first published 1935)
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A breathtaking fictionalization of the life of one of the world's greatest warriors and renaissance men. Yoshikawa takes us on a mezmorizing voyage to a crossroads in Japanese history that changed all the rules and gave birth to a legend. The book opens in the year 1600 at the end of the infamous battle of Sekigahara, where the armies of east and western Japan met to decide who would govern: Toyotomi or Tokugawa. In the end to Tokugawa emerged victorious and the 150 year period of civil war cam...more
Ini buku pertama yang banyak memberikan inspirasi dalam hidup saya. Dimana perubahan 180° bisa terjadi dalam hidup kita.
Buku ini tidak semata-mata darah dan pertarungan tapi lebih pada Semangat dalam pencarian dan pengembangan jati diri, Kesetiaan dan Kepasrahan Cinta, Keindahan dan Seni.
Saya memberikan rating penuh untuk buku ini, bukan karena akan dusukai oleh semua orang. Tapi lebih banyak ke pribadi saya yang tidak akan melupakan sihir dari buku ini pada kehidupan saya.
Buku ini tidak semata-mata darah dan pertarungan tapi lebih pada Semangat dalam pencarian dan pengembangan jati diri, Kesetiaan dan Kepasrahan Cinta, Keindahan dan Seni.
Saya memberikan rating penuh untuk buku ini, bukan karena akan dusukai oleh semua orang. Tapi lebih banyak ke pribadi saya yang tidak akan melupakan sihir dari buku ini pada kehidupan saya.
Juli 2005 lalu, sebuah buku terbit—judulnya Elang Retak. Ditulis oleh Gus Ballon, buku ini menceritakan tentang operasi sebuah pasukan Angkatan Darat TNI di pulau tak bertuan, dekat samudera Pasifik. Pada mulanya, seperti buku-buku baru lain, rasa-rasanya tak ada beda. Tapi ada yang mengusik. Sebuah kalimat terpampang menggelitik di sampul depan: "Mati bukan masalah, hidup itulah persoalan."
Itulah kalimat yang pas untuk melukiskan kesan yang saya dapat setelah membaca Musashi. Seluruh apa yang d...more
Itulah kalimat yang pas untuk melukiskan kesan yang saya dapat setelah membaca Musashi. Seluruh apa yang d...more
Pertama kali melihat buku ini, kira-kira 2 tahun yang lalu. Ia begitu tebal, dan terusterang itu membuat saya terprovokasi untuk membacanya. Dalam benak saya apa gerangan Gramedia menerbitkan buku yang begitu tebal seperti ini, apa buku ini bagus dan terkenal? Perasaan itu mengemuka, tapi tidak cukup menggerakkan saya untuk membeli. Kemudian, beberapa bulan terakhir, di blog teman saya ada sebuah tulisan mengenai Musashi, kupikir, betapa hebatkah tokoh ini dan bila benar demikian, apakah saya la...more
wow...that is the first thing that came to mind when i finished this book. it is easily the best historical fiction i have ever read. it is also the largest and most difficult book i have ever read. it is very japanese therefore some of the names and places tend to get mixed up in the nearly 1000 page epic. however...that is the only negative i have after reading this book. it will go down as one of my favorite reads of all time. it focuses on the life (very dramatized by the fantastic eiji yosh...more
First of all this book is LONG. Think of The Stand with smaller print. But it was a pleasure to read. It's a fictional historical novel about a real person. Miyamoto Musashi is one of the most famous samurai swordsmen to ever live. He developed the two sword technique and wrote the popular book about the way of the samurai--"The Book of Five Rings". This book was written in Japanese and translated to english so some of the storytelling and themes may be a little different from what english reade...more
I didn't like this book. It consisted of boring parts, punctuated by parts where the main character and maybe other characters, would go do something really stupid because of their bizarre moral codes or lack thereof.
The book is old enough that the levels of sexism in it are absurd, and parts of it got me so annoyed that I was really distracted from the plot.
I suppose it's interesting to get a perspective on a VERY different culture, but half the time I couldn't fathom any conceivable logical...more
The book is old enough that the levels of sexism in it are absurd, and parts of it got me so annoyed that I was really distracted from the plot.
I suppose it's interesting to get a perspective on a VERY different culture, but half the time I couldn't fathom any conceivable logical...more
I read this novel about four years ago. At the time, the teacher for whom I was doing a book report on this novel, thought I was insane for picking such a long and complex novel. I vaguely remember someone else in my class reading The Bourne Supremacy.
I would have this tied with I, Claudius for the best historical fiction I've yet to read. Telling the tale of Miyamoto Musashi, the sword-saint of Japan, it begins with his rural boyhood and ends with a final showdown between the great warrior and...more
I would have this tied with I, Claudius for the best historical fiction I've yet to read. Telling the tale of Miyamoto Musashi, the sword-saint of Japan, it begins with his rural boyhood and ends with a final showdown between the great warrior and...more
Jul 07, 2008
dedeh
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5 of 5 stars
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Yang penting adalah bagaimana berdiri di tempat yang benar, agar ia dapat menunggangi ombak jaman. Tujuannya mutlak, bukan sekedar hidup, tetapi harus berarti. – Musashi-
Perjalanan ‘manusiawi’ sebuah pencarian jati diri seorang anak manusia.
Sebuah penggalian ke dalam diri, pencarian jati diri, yang digambarkan dengan sangat manusiawi.
Perjalanan dari titik paling bawah, hingga pencapaian lebih tinggi. Yang sejatinya terjadi pada diri setiap manusia beradab. Mungkin itu sebabnya buku ini banyak...more
Perjalanan ‘manusiawi’ sebuah pencarian jati diri seorang anak manusia.
Sebuah penggalian ke dalam diri, pencarian jati diri, yang digambarkan dengan sangat manusiawi.
Perjalanan dari titik paling bawah, hingga pencapaian lebih tinggi. Yang sejatinya terjadi pada diri setiap manusia beradab. Mungkin itu sebabnya buku ini banyak...more
12/17/2003 - 9/10
Musashi is a semi-fictionalized history of the life and times of one of Japan's greatest swordsmen and samurai (it has been called the Gone With the Wind of Japan). Musashi lived around 1600 AD, and was renowned for developing a two sword fighting style. His Book of Five Rings has been very influential among samurai for his thoughts on spirituality, strategy, winning and of couse swordplay.
Musashi starts off as an insolent, wild boy. His goal of mastering the sword becomes a j...more
Musashi is a semi-fictionalized history of the life and times of one of Japan's greatest swordsmen and samurai (it has been called the Gone With the Wind of Japan). Musashi lived around 1600 AD, and was renowned for developing a two sword fighting style. His Book of Five Rings has been very influential among samurai for his thoughts on spirituality, strategy, winning and of couse swordplay.
Musashi starts off as an insolent, wild boy. His goal of mastering the sword becomes a j...more
The Sword God
Yoshikawa's novels all follow a similar pattern - a famous personage, known all over the world, is traced back to his often humble origins. Adding some fictional elements, there is not much left of the austere personality of Musashi that you can feel in A Book of Five Rings - the hot-headed, untameable youth Takezo has to go through some severe trials and tribulations before he reaches that exalted state of mind and becomes the "Sword God" of Japanese lore. Yoshikawa's prose is so l...more
Yoshikawa's novels all follow a similar pattern - a famous personage, known all over the world, is traced back to his often humble origins. Adding some fictional elements, there is not much left of the austere personality of Musashi that you can feel in A Book of Five Rings - the hot-headed, untameable youth Takezo has to go through some severe trials and tribulations before he reaches that exalted state of mind and becomes the "Sword God" of Japanese lore. Yoshikawa's prose is so l...more
Baiklah,,Musashi menjadi buku pertama yang saya review untuk shelf book di Goodreads.
Membeli novel saat masih jadi Mahasiswa, jalan-jalan ke Palasari Bandung. Yang paling saya ingat dalam novel super tebal ini adalah pengaruh membaca buku kepada Musashi dari seorang begundal yang suka bikin onar, menjadi seorang bijak karena dikurung di ruangan sebuah menara kuil oleh sang pendeta.
Hukuman yang terlihat aneh dan akan sullit untuk dijalankan bagi Musashi muda. Bukan karena ruangan itu sempit atau...more
Membeli novel saat masih jadi Mahasiswa, jalan-jalan ke Palasari Bandung. Yang paling saya ingat dalam novel super tebal ini adalah pengaruh membaca buku kepada Musashi dari seorang begundal yang suka bikin onar, menjadi seorang bijak karena dikurung di ruangan sebuah menara kuil oleh sang pendeta.
Hukuman yang terlihat aneh dan akan sullit untuk dijalankan bagi Musashi muda. Bukan karena ruangan itu sempit atau...more
Kemarin saya membaca sebuah komik pendek yang berisi percakapan antara 'Santa Claus (yang menjelajah waktu ke masa lalu) dengan Miyamoto Musashi -a great samurai- di blog komunitas Opera. Di akhir percakapan, Musashi mengatakan bahwa setelah mengalahkan Sasaki Kojiro dengan satu pukulan akhirnya dia bisa kembali fokus melakukan kegiatan yang disukainya yaitu melukis hal-hal indah dan menulis buku (saya pernah melihat di sebuah halaman web hasil karyanya yang begitu indah dan terlihat profesional...more
Hari-hari yang mendebarkan. Malam-malam yang menggelisahkan. Tulisan tamat itu kubaca takzim. Ujung dari kisah tentang dunia Jepang lama, rasanya belum benar berakhir. Tapi bacaan itu tak lagi punya keterangan tambahan. Aku menutup file pdf itu, menyandarkan kepalaku ke dinding kamar, meninggalkan netbookku yang masih tergeletak di sana, dan mulai mengingat-ingat banyak sekali karakter di dalam novel. Kalau tak salah, ini sudah malam kelima aku membaca karangan itu. Sebuah karya fiksi, yang seja...more
I read this several years ago, loaned it out to someone, forgot whom, and never got it back. Even though I can't remember who has my book, what I do remember is that it was really long but very well worth the time it took to read it. Once I started reading it, I had a hard time putting it down and would stay awake reading long into the night because I wanted to know what happened next.
I first became familiar with Musashi from the movies in the Samurai trilogy, starring Toshiro Mifune. I don't p...more
I first became familiar with Musashi from the movies in the Samurai trilogy, starring Toshiro Mifune. I don't p...more
Pulled this one back off the shelf to read again. I've been feeling a bit stagnant and unfocused in my life and, if nothing else, this book is about dramatic personal transformation.
This was a Great Slog of a book to get through with nearly 1000 pages, hundreds of characters and locations (all of them foreign to me), and a story that spans a decade or so. It took me about a year chipping away at the chapters bit by bit, returning to previous pasages to remember places and names that weren't me...more
This was a Great Slog of a book to get through with nearly 1000 pages, hundreds of characters and locations (all of them foreign to me), and a story that spans a decade or so. It took me about a year chipping away at the chapters bit by bit, returning to previous pasages to remember places and names that weren't me...more
nDaru sebenernya udah lama slesein ne buku,bagian pertama dari buku roman Jepang karangan Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi, yang menceritakan kelahiran Takezo menjadi seorang yang memilih menjadi seorang samurai. Takezo berganti nama menjadi Miyamoto Musashi.
Ada tokoh kecil yang menyentuh nDaru. Otsu. Otsu, kalok menurut khayalan gambrang nDaru adalah gadis dengan perawakan mungil, cantik, lembut dan setia. Otsu setia banget pada janjinya buat nungguin Takezo setiap hari di jembatan Hanada dan tiga tahun...more
Ada tokoh kecil yang menyentuh nDaru. Otsu. Otsu, kalok menurut khayalan gambrang nDaru adalah gadis dengan perawakan mungil, cantik, lembut dan setia. Otsu setia banget pada janjinya buat nungguin Takezo setiap hari di jembatan Hanada dan tiga tahun...more
This book is probably not one I would've picked up on my own, since I have no special interest in samurai, and the book is large. It was given to me by a friend.
I was sucked in to the book quickly; the writing is clean, and moves at a good pace, which I didn't expect for a japanese translation. The book is action-filled, and really fun to read.
The romantic storylines in the book bewildered me somewhat, but perhaps that's just a cultural gap.
There are a wide array of characters in the book, and i...more
I was sucked in to the book quickly; the writing is clean, and moves at a good pace, which I didn't expect for a japanese translation. The book is action-filled, and really fun to read.
The romantic storylines in the book bewildered me somewhat, but perhaps that's just a cultural gap.
There are a wide array of characters in the book, and i...more
Perhaps my expectations were too high but I was a bit disappointed by this book. I am really interested in (traditional) Japanese culture and looked forward to reading Musashi. Although it is an entertaining read and I did gain some inspiration from it, I found it really missed the depth you'd expect from such a saga.
Apart from Musashi himself, all the other characters in the book are fairly one-dimensional and as a consequence, the story does not really seem to progress or unravel after the fir...more
Apart from Musashi himself, all the other characters in the book are fairly one-dimensional and as a consequence, the story does not really seem to progress or unravel after the fir...more
"Мусаси" Ёсикавы, изданный у нас под названием "Десять Меченосцев", повествует об отрезке жизненного пути выдающегося японского фехтовальщика Миямото Мусаси. Хронологически, действие романа начинается практически там же, где заканчивается горячо любимый мною "Сёгун" Джеймса Клавелла (надо перечитать!), однако, в отличие от западного взгляда на знаменательные исторические события в Японии, поступки главных действующих лиц романа куда менее масштабны в контексте геополитики, но намного более подро...more
Apparently, all the Japanese have the same taste of postponing the culmination of a given moment, whether we'd say that about the Japanese cinema or books writing. Eiji Yoshikawa, seems to me, is the Akira Kurosawa of the Japanese books - continuous gradation of the events until the final moment of the clash; An action might begin in chapter 3, but it will finish in chapter 31.
It's a pleasure to read the book since it keeps you in constant tension, not being able where the danger might lay in. T...more
It's a pleasure to read the book since it keeps you in constant tension, not being able where the danger might lay in. T...more
epik super lawas, Musashi yg ditulis oleh Eiji Yoshikawa.
Dulu saya suka dengan novel ini. Cerita tentang perjalanan manusia pada umumnya: dikuasai ambisi, mengejar cita, dan akhirnya pada satu titik menemukan bahwa titik itu semu, dan menjadi lebih bijaksana.
Tp yg luar-biasa hebat dari Musashi, keberanian dan kekuatan tekadnya(serta fisiknya). Di awal umur 20'an, ia berani bertarung sendirian dengan berpuluh-puluh murid suatu perguruan, dan ajaibnya, dia bisa menang.
Penggalian ke dalam diri untu...more
Dulu saya suka dengan novel ini. Cerita tentang perjalanan manusia pada umumnya: dikuasai ambisi, mengejar cita, dan akhirnya pada satu titik menemukan bahwa titik itu semu, dan menjadi lebih bijaksana.
Tp yg luar-biasa hebat dari Musashi, keberanian dan kekuatan tekadnya(serta fisiknya). Di awal umur 20'an, ia berani bertarung sendirian dengan berpuluh-puluh murid suatu perguruan, dan ajaibnya, dia bisa menang.
Penggalian ke dalam diri untu...more
Musashi adalah serial novel pertama yang bener-bener Gwe baca pada jaman kuliah.
Udah lama banget sebelumnya Gwe nggak baca novel. Terakhir kayakny pas SMP. Waktu itu Gw baca Goosebumps, Lima Sekawan, STOP, dll.. Gwe kebanyakan baca manga/komik Jepang & slanjutnya kebanyakan maen video game atau komputer.
Gwe kenal Musashi dari pinjem temen. Yang punya bokapnya. Katanya beliau beli pas jaman masih muda. Waktu pertama terbit di Indonesia novel ini terbagi menjadi 7 (tujuh) buku seri. Baca dikit...more
Udah lama banget sebelumnya Gwe nggak baca novel. Terakhir kayakny pas SMP. Waktu itu Gw baca Goosebumps, Lima Sekawan, STOP, dll.. Gwe kebanyakan baca manga/komik Jepang & slanjutnya kebanyakan maen video game atau komputer.
Gwe kenal Musashi dari pinjem temen. Yang punya bokapnya. Katanya beliau beli pas jaman masih muda. Waktu pertama terbit di Indonesia novel ini terbagi menjadi 7 (tujuh) buku seri. Baca dikit...more
..haha akhirnya selesai..juga..legaaaaaa.........
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..Takezo
Seorang pemuda biasa..tapi hal yang membuatnya istimewa adalah tinggi badannya dan postur tubuhnya..yang diatas rata-rata orang Jepang pada masa itu..setelah kekalahan pada pertempuran Sekigara..yang entah mengapa ia bisa masuk dan ikut terlibat dalam perang itu..dalam perjalanan pulang..sesuatu kekeliruan telah ia lakukan dan memaksanya menjadi buronan..selama 3 tahun...dan atas pertolongan seorang pendeta Zen..yang disebut...more
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..Takezo
Seorang pemuda biasa..tapi hal yang membuatnya istimewa adalah tinggi badannya dan postur tubuhnya..yang diatas rata-rata orang Jepang pada masa itu..setelah kekalahan pada pertempuran Sekigara..yang entah mengapa ia bisa masuk dan ikut terlibat dalam perang itu..dalam perjalanan pulang..sesuatu kekeliruan telah ia lakukan dan memaksanya menjadi buronan..selama 3 tahun...dan atas pertolongan seorang pendeta Zen..yang disebut...more
I could give a 5 to this book because of it historical value and its main character. There is also a really good balance of action and philosophy. But I will give it a 4 because it is not a well constructed book. This book was written in many small pieces as a serial in Japan biggest newspaper over 4 years just before world war 2. So there is abrupt jumps in the story and some of the other characters disappear for hundred of pages.
I first saw the 3 movies (called in English Samurai Trilogy with...more
I first saw the 3 movies (called in English Samurai Trilogy with...more
By far the best book I read, I could not put it down throughout 70% of the almost 1000 pages.
I found the book continuously humourous, interesting, and very detailed on the events of the story.
The various characters and the uniqueness among them, with the author giving them so many attributes that it told so much about their attitude, their background. So the way they manifested throughout the story was very unpredicatable, and interesting. It was also very good to see that there was no really...more
I found the book continuously humourous, interesting, and very detailed on the events of the story.
The various characters and the uniqueness among them, with the author giving them so many attributes that it told so much about their attitude, their background. So the way they manifested throughout the story was very unpredicatable, and interesting. It was also very good to see that there was no really...more
finished reading musashi. finally. yeah. it’s one of those nine hundred plus pages books. but that’s not why it took so long. i originally bought this book in the summer of 1993. got half way through. then my senior year in high school started. and i never picked it up again. until now. nineteen years later.
this could easily be one of my top three favorite books. this sh*t has everything. it’s a coming of age story about a guy. who would rather play with swords. and live with twelve year old boy...more
this could easily be one of my top three favorite books. this sh*t has everything. it’s a coming of age story about a guy. who would rather play with swords. and live with twelve year old boy...more
Jan 08, 2013
Ratna Supartini
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Novel ini bagaimana? Indah dan Keren!!! Dan akan saya taruh di urutan teratas dalam rak favorit.
Ketebalan novel yang mencapai 1.247 halaman disertai dengan banyaknya tokoh di sana-sini, yang terpaksa harus saya catat, saking banyaknya, tidak membuat saya urung untuk melahapnya sampai tuntas.
Semula saya menduga Musashi hanya menceritakan tentang peperangan dan teknik bertarung, ternyata novel ini lebih banyak memaparkan sifat-sifat manusia, dan semangat mewujudkan impian.
Miyamoto Musashi sendiri...more
Ketebalan novel yang mencapai 1.247 halaman disertai dengan banyaknya tokoh di sana-sini, yang terpaksa harus saya catat, saking banyaknya, tidak membuat saya urung untuk melahapnya sampai tuntas.
Semula saya menduga Musashi hanya menceritakan tentang peperangan dan teknik bertarung, ternyata novel ini lebih banyak memaparkan sifat-sifat manusia, dan semangat mewujudkan impian.
Miyamoto Musashi sendiri...more
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.
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In 1960, he received the Order of Cultural Merit.
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