num_pages: 133
description: The first English translation of a seventeenth-century philosophical exploration of Japanese swordsmanship offers strategic advice in the tradition of "A Book of Five Rings."
language: English
title: The Sword and the Mind
titlecomplete: The Sword and the Mind
genres: Military Fiction, History, Japan, Reference, Philosophy, Zen, Buddhism, War, Martial Arts, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 261
publisher: The Overlook Press