Three volumes in one! A prestige treatment of Inoue’s epic samurai series with bonus content
color pages storyboard samples and more! Real-life figure Miyamoto Musashi was the most
celebrated samurai of all time. The quintessential warrior-philosopher Musashi authored A Book
of Five Rings a classic treatise in the canon of world philosophy and military strategy. But
the path to enlightenment is an endless journey and to get there through violent means--by way
of the sword--makes mere survival an even greater challenge. Glimmering Waves In a remote
seaside village an abandoned infant is left to the care of a reclusive old man who has all but
renounced the ways of the world. This helpless child is destined to become Sasaki Kojirō--the
legendary archrival of Miyamoto Musashi. Inoue's unique take on this enigmatic figure lays the
foundation for his fictional account of the most famous rivalry in Japanese history.