This classic samurai-era text fused Japanese swordsmanship with Zen and influenced the direction that the art has taken ever since.
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It was written as a guide for the samurai Yagyu Munenori, who was a great Swordsman and rival to the legendary Miyamoto Musashi.
Written by the seventeenth-century Zen Master Takuan Soho (1573-1645), The Unfettered Mind is a book of advice on swordsmanship and the cultivation of right mind and intention.
This classic samurai-era text fused Japanese swordsmanship with Zen and influenced the direction that the art has taken ever since