The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival.

吉川英治の代表作。日本人なら一度は読みたい、超骨太なエンタテイメント作品。屍ひしめく関ケ原で命からがら落ち延びた武蔵と又八。お甲・朱実母娘の世話になり一年後、武蔵はひとり故郷に戻るが、その身を追われ…。憎しみに任せ、次から次へと敵を打ち殺す野獣武蔵に対峙する、沢庵。殺めるためではなく護るための剣とは?一介の武弁が二天一流の開祖宮本武蔵に至るまで志を磨く道、ここに始まる。(全1/8巻)

2024年NHK大河ドラマで話題!古典ロマンシリーズ累計50万部の著者が『紫式部日記』の世界をわかりやすく解説する本。

Shunryu Suzuki’s extraordinary gift for presenting traditional Zen teachings using ordinary language is well known to the countless readers of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. In Zen Is Right Here, his teachings are brought to life through stories told by his students. These living encounters with Zen are poignant, direct, humorous, paradoxical, and enlightening - and their setting in real-life contexts makes them wonderfully accessible.

Inspired as a boy by the multiple meanings to be found for a single word in the dictionary, Kohei Araki is devoted to the notion that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty-seven years creating them at Gembu Books, it's time for him to retire and find his replacement. He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majime - a young, disheveled square peg with a penchant for collecting antiquarian books and a background in linguistics - whom he swipes from his company's sales department.