"It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways...Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death."
—Miyamoto Musashi, Go Rin No Sho (A Book of Five Rings)
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"Were not the imagination and swordmanship the same insofar as they were techniques nurtured by a familiarity with death?"
—Yukio Mishima, Sun and Steel
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