Eiji Yoshikawa (1892--1962) was born in Kanagawa, Japan.
His published works include The Complete Musashi: The Book of Five Rings and Other Works and Hagakure: The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai..
He holds black belts in several martial disciplines including Kendo Kyoshi 7-dan, Iaido 5-dan, and Naginata 5-dan.
He co-founded and continues to publish Kendo World, the first English-language journal dedicated to Kendo.
Alexander Bennett is a professor of Japanese history and Budo theory at Kansai University.
She graduated from Wellesley College and her many publications include the book A Bowl of Tea.
She was a columnist for the English-language Yomiuri newspaper.
Fuki Wooyenaka Uramatsu was a writer, translator, editor, and teacher.
Yoshikawa was the first writer of such works to be awarded the Imperial Order of Culture.
Credited with elevating popular fiction to an artform.
Despite receiving little more than a primary school education, he became Japan\'s most popular writer and authored some 80 novels and over 180 short stories.
Eiji Yoshikawa (1892--1962) was born in Kanagawa, Japan
