A Graphic Novel
A visually thrilling graphic novel adaptation of classic martial arts parables on swordsmanship and strategywritten by a real-life samuraiThe Demons Sermon on the Martial Arts is a classic collection of martial arts tales, written by the eighteenth-century samurai Issai Chozanshi. Featuring demons, insects, birds, cats, and numerous other creatures, the stories here may seem whimsical, but they contain essential teachings that offer insight into the fundamental principles of the martial arts. This graphic novel version based on Chozanshis text brings these tales alive in a captivating and immediately accessible way.Infused with Chozanshis deep understanding of Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto, the tales elucidate the nature of conflict, the importance of following ones own nature, yin and yang, the cultivation and transformation of chi (life energy), and the attainment of mushin (no-mind). Ultimately, the reader learns in a visually exciting way that the path of the sword is a path of self-knowledge and leads to an understanding of life itself.
About Artists & Writers:
SEAN MICHAEL WILSON is a comic book writer from Scotland, living in Japan. He has had many books published with a variety of US, UK, and Japanese publishers, such asThe Book of Five Rings, and edited the critically acclaimedAX: alternative manga(Publishers Weeklys Best Books of 2010 in comics). In 2016, his bookLafcadio Hearns The Faceless Ghost and Other Macabre Tales from Japanwas nominated for the prestigious Eisner Award. And in 2017, his bookSecrets of the Ninjawon an International Manga Awardfrom the Japanese Government.