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The Book of Five RingsWP (五輪の書, Gorin no Sho?) is a book written by Miyamoto Musashi just before his death, detailing the techniques he had mastered in life and the mental states he had achieved.[1][2]
Characteristics
The Book of Five Rings reviews Musashi's fighting style: Niten Ichi-ryūWP (二天一流, Niten Ichiryū?). It is divided into five books: Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Void, and is the culmination of everything that is Musashi.[1][2]
Lostbelt Musashi's Noble Phantasm Ishana Daitenshou integrates the five stances.[1][2]
Book of Earth
The Book of Earth (地の巻, Chi no Maki?) serves as an introduction to the Niten Ichi-ryu's tactics and a summary of them.[1][2] Miyamoto Musashi regarded the Book of Earth, the first section of the Book of Five Rings, as necessary groundwork to undertake when in pursuit of the essence of the art of combat. The Book of Earth therefore acts as a sort of beginner's guide, outlining all the arts of combat that Musashi himself mastered as well as explanations of how they should be put into practice.[3]
- Earth Stance: A one-sword style used for defense and counterattacks.[4]
Book of Water
The Book of Water (水の巻, Mizu no Maki?) introduces specific techniques.[1][2] In order to study and master Niten Ichiryu, Miyamoto Musashi believed that one must be as pure and shapeless as clear water. His extended thoughts on the matter can be found in the Book of Water, where he details the art of using the long sword in the two-sword style.[3]
- Water Stance: Dual wielding with extreme speed, allowing him to fight multiple enemies at once.[4]
Book of Fire
The Book of Fire (火の巻, Hi no Maki?) speaks of the art of war in terms of strategy and tactics.[1][2] Miyamoto Musashi saw in all flames, both big and small, a fierceness that reflects how one must fight when using Niten Ichiryu. This concept is expounded upon in the Book of Fire, where he details practical techniques that can be used to seize victory in battle. Musashi states that learning to fight while staring death in the face, knowing the boundary between life and death, and knowing the fighting style of the enemy will lead to certain victory.[3]
- Fire Stance: A dual sword technique that, while slow, boasts powerful destructive force. This stance shows its true strength in difficult situations, growing faster and fiercer as HP decreases.[4]
Book of Wind
The Book of Wind (風の巻, Fū no Maki?) discusses the flaws with certain tactics and techniques, so that a fundamental understanding of Niten Ichiryu will appear of its own volition in the reader's mind.[1][2] For example, one random part in the Fire volume states “Use the same attack up to two times but never repeat it a third time”, but this idea only applies to real battles.[2] Miyamoto Musashi analyzes and candidly reviews other schools of swordsmanship. Differing from other similar guides, Musashi advocates in his book that studying the styles of other schools leads to a deeper understanding of Niten Ichiryu and helps one avoid the common pitfall of becoming stuck in one way of thinking. ...Incidentally, a certain spell book that purports to have traveled with Musashi for over half of his lifetime asserts to this day that it was his keen insights that prompted Musashi to write the Book of Wind.[3]
- Wind Stance: Wield a single sword and magecraft together. Best for fighting nonhuman enemies, from monsters to Servants.[4]
Book of Void
The Book of Void (空の巻, Kū no Maki?) contains Musashi’s personal understanding of the VoidWP (空, Sora?) (sometimes translated as Emptiness or Nothingness), as well as so-called “confrontation” techniques.[1][2] It concisely summarizes the road to mastering Niten Ichiryu using the concept of the Void. Unlike the other books, the Book of the Void consists solely of a brief introduction. Though short, the Book of the Void reflects Musashi's state of mind in his later years. Miyamoto Iori poured over it countless times in his early childhood, attempting to glean knowledge from between its lines.[3] It ends saying “The Void contains no evil, it’s only filled with good. Knowledge is filled. Logic is filled. The path is filled. The heart is void.”[2]
- Void Stance: A vigorous technique that uses lightning fast Iai strikes to cut down any enemy in its path. Though this stance boasts great power, it leaves a greater opening between attacks as HP decreases.[4]
Related Terminology
Nothingness.
- Emptiness (無空, Mukū?): Lostbelt Musashi's Skill is the highest order a swordsman can attain. The ultimate mental state. It corresponds to the concept of Suigetsu of Yagyuu Munenori's Shinkage-ryuu. One is nothing, thus invincible. Only a swordsman who has reached the infinite mental state can perceive this.[1][2] Not even a slash that uses the Multi-Dimensional Refraction Phenomenon can reach someone voidless.[2]
- Zero (零, Rei?): Derived from the concept of the Void. Lostbelt Musashi's Ishana Daitenshou unleashes a Sword of Zero that can cleave anything in two with a single stroke, be it the unnatural, karma, curses, or even misfortune.[1][2] It is a path that points to "only one answer". Ten of thousands, hundreds of millions of "possibilities" exist. They are all verified, crushed, and stopped as if without meaning. In other words, a "finite" sword that strives to reach only a single "correct answer". To shave one's existence away to the extremes until there is nothing left, and yet to cut everything until only "something" still remains. That is Musashi's "Zero". A sword that establishes a "conclusion" that not even the gods can escape from.[5]
- 「 」: A state that Proper Human History Miyamoto Musashi never reached.[6] The pinnacle said to be unparalleled. When something is cut by Zero, it is reduced to its absolute minimum, to a state where something cannot be reduced any further. However, even then, 'something' still remains: The concept of 0 (０, ０?) that is said to exist beyond Zero.[1][2] During the Atlantic Lostbelt, Musashi was able to perform this attack, successfully cutting the hollow space that Chaos was using to observe Earth. Doing so reverted it to Void and sealed Chaos from accessing this universe. In exchange, 「 」 erased Musashi's Saint Graph from Chaldea's records and from the Throne of Heroes, wiping her from existence and preventing her from being re-summoned.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10
[] Fate/Grand Order - Miyamoto Musashi (Saber) Profile [T] Miyamoto Musashi - Saber
Illustrator and Voice actor
Illustrator: Hirokazu Koyama
Voice Actor: Ayane Sakura
Parameters
Strength: B
Endurance: B
Agility: B
Mana: E
Luck: B
Noble Phantasm: B
Personal Skills
Fifth Form: A
Heavenly Eye: A
Nothingness: A
Class Skills
Magic Resistance: A
Noble Phantasm
Six Realms Five Planes - The Divine Figure of Kurikara
Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm
Profile
A swordsman from the early Edo Period, famous as the strongest swordmaster in Japanese history.
Learned in the “Niten Ichi-ryu” (a school that was supposedly founded by Musashi), an expert of “dual wielding” that employs a long sword and a short sword.
....or so it should have been, but seems that her circumstances are somehow different from the Musashi that left his name in history.
“Eh? The ‘Musashi’ in this world is a man? And also extremely famous? What a surprise!”
As you see, the person herself has a relaxed, open attitude that never gets worked up.
Having no particular interest in victory or prestige, yet sloven with alcohol, a sucker for money and weak against free food.
However, all those who confronted and were beaten by her in battle said this in the end:
---a vibrant flower of tengen(1). Her sword reaches the heights of nothingness.
Level 1 Bond
Height/Weight: 167cm・56kg
Source: Historical fact
Region: Japan
Alignment: Chaotic Good Gender: Female
“My formal name? Shinmen Musashi-no-Kami Fujiwara no Harunobu. Still, it’s easier if you just call me Musashi.”
Level 2 Bond
In the proper history, Musashi was born in Oohara, Sakushu (modern day Mimasaka, in the Okayama prefecture), at 1584.
His father was a practitioner of martial arts named Shinmen Munisai, who served as an instructor of martial arts to the Shinmen House of lords of the Takayama Castle, and who received the name of Shinmen from his employer’s family. Shinmen Munisai built a dojo of jutte techniques in the Miyamoto village of the Yoshino district, and Musashi would later call himself “Miyamoto” due having this land as his hometown.
He left behind many anecdotes and went through numerous battles against martial artists upon reaching adulthood - especially during the ten years of his 20s. Those famous bouts are even now seen as a staple of the entertainment industry.
However, the truth behind the episodes of these ten years of battle is mostly wrapped in mystery and there are strong suspicions about them being mere fiction.
Level 3 Bond
Cheerful and openhearted, a female swordsman that is lively yet dignified.
Constantly full of pride, acting complacently, but that does not mean she is looking down on her opponent. She is merely enjoying life.
Her way of expressing emotions is somewhat great. She greatly laughs and gets greatly surprised.
While she has a broad-minded personality that laughs off at most things, due being “someone who masters the way of the sword” at her roots, she is very dry and severe in regards to the taking of lives.
That being said, she falls in love easily and likes to be depended on very much.
She also likes to be praised very much. Weak to flattery. A banchou disposition that loves a brawl. Although she has a sense of justice, she never preaches to be righteous herself.
Fundamentally a carefree wandering vagabond, but she becomes ruthless when coming across scenes such as “an one-sided massacre”, “trampling on people’s dignity, convictions for fun” or “stealing my food when I’m hungry”.
Level 4 Bond
- Heavenly Eye: A
Heavenly Eye is regarded as “the power to accomplish an objective”.
Once she has decided to do something, she will devote her body and soul to its fulfillment and achieve it without fail. You might say that this is something that she places her entire existence on her gaze and projects it onto her objective.
In Musashi’s case, her Heavenly Eye is pointed only at the deed of “cutting a certain place”.
For example, once she has decided to “cut the opponent’s right arm”, she will server said right arm by taking all and every measures.
As a result, her attack becomes the optimal answer for a slash - “a sword stroke without anything pointless, which makes even time and space yield”.
A power to take all the “measures for the sake of achieving an objective” and “narrowing them down to one”.
You might as well say that this is an extremely unique set of mystic eyes, which confines the naturally infinite futures into “just a single” result.
Level 5 Bond
- Nothingness: A
The highest order a swordsman can attain. The ultimate mental state.
It corresponds to the concept of suigetsu(2) of the Yagyuu Shinkage-ryu.
One is nothing, thus invincible. Only a swordsman who has reached the infinite mental state can perceive this.
- The Book of Five Rings
Right before death, Musashi compiled the mental state he attained during his lifetime, his cultivated techniques, into one book.
Divided into the five volumes of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Void, this book was the culmination of the human being called “Musashi”.
The Book of Five Rings gives an outline of the Niten Ichi-ryu and explains its ideology as an art of war in the Book of Earth, explains concrete techniques on the Book of Water, talks about the art of war in the dimensions of tactics and strategy, and - just like the above-mentioned - explains the fundamental understanding of the Niten Ichi-ryu by means of a repudiation of other schools.
Finally, it has been said that Musashi’s own understanding about “emptiness”, as well as the above-mentioned technique of “confrontation”, has been written down on the Book of Void.
Interlude
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(1): roughly, center of heaven. In the ancient Chinese cosmology, the tengen was the source from which all creation grew from, the “vitality of heavens”.
(2): moon on the water. In a broad way, this is a notion that a master warrior can easily perceive his opponent’s intentions so long he maintains a calm state of mind, but not so much when he is agitated. Just like the reflection of the moon on the water.宮本武蔵 - セイバー
イラストレーター・声優
ILLUST：こやまひろかず
CV：佐倉綾音
パラメータ
筋力：Ｂ
耐力：Ｂ
敏捷：Ｂ
魔力：Ｅ
幸運：Ｂ
宝具：Ｂ
保有スキル
第五勢 Ａ
天眼 Ａ
無空 Ａ
クラス別能力
対魔力 Ａ
宝具
六道五輪・倶利伽羅天象
ランク：Ａ
種別：対人宝具
キャラクター詳細
日本史上最強の剣豪として名高い、江戸時代初期の剣術家。
武蔵が創始したとされる流派“二天一流”を身につけ、大刀と小刀を用いる“二刀流”の達人。
……の筈なのだが、正しい歴史に残された武蔵とはどうも事情が異なるようだ。
「え？ こっちの世界だと武蔵って男なの？ しかも凄い有名なんてびっくり！」
本人はこの通り、気負う事のない自然体。
勝利にも名誉にもさして興味はなく、酒にだらしなく、金に目がなく、タダ酒に弱い。
だが彼女と戦い、敗れた者はみなこう残した。
―――鮮やかなり天元の花。その剣、無空の高みに届く。
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身長/体重：１６７ｃｍ・５６ｋｇ
出典：史実
地域：日本
属性：混沌・善 性別：女性
「正式な名前？ 新免武蔵守藤原玄信（しんめんむさしのかみふじわらのはるのぶ）。でも、武蔵だけのが楽でいいわ」
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正しい史実においては、作州（今の岡山県美作市）大原の生まれ。１５８４年生。
父は竹山城主新免家に仕えた兵法指南役で、主家から新免の名を与えられ、新免無二斎を称した武芸者である。
新免無二斎は十手術の道場を吉野郷宮本村に構え、武蔵はこの地を故郷としたため、後に宮本姓を名乗った。
後に成人し多くの逸話を残すが、特に20代の10年間には数々の武芸者と戦いをくり広げ、その名勝負は今もエンターテイメントの定番のひとつとして認識されている。
しかしながらその10年間の戦いのエピソードのほとんどは実状が謎で、フィクションの疑いも色濃い。
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明朗快活、凛としながら瑞々しい女性剣士。
つねに得意満々、余裕をもっているが、相手を見下している訳ではない。単に人生を楽しんでいるだけ。
感情表現がやや大きい。よく笑い、よく驚く。
たいていの事は笑って流す大らかな性格だが、その根底にあるものは“剣の道を究める者”なので、命のやりとりに関してはたいへんドライ＆シビア。
それはそれとして惚れやすく、頼られるの大好き。
ほめられるのも大好き。お世辞に弱い。ケンカ好きな番長気質。正義感ではあるが、自分から正義を唱える事はない。
基本的には根無し草の気楽な風来坊だが、『一方的な虐殺』『人の矜持、信念を娯楽のために踏みにじる』『空腹時にメシを奪われる』このいずれかの場面に出会すと修羅と化す。
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○天眼：Ａ
天眼は「目的を果たす力」とされる。
一つの事柄を成しえると決めたらその成就のために全身全霊を傾け、必ず達成するもの。自己の全存在を視線にのせ、目的に投射するもの、といってもよい。
武蔵の場合は『その場所を斬る』事にのみ天眼が向けられる。
たとえば『相手の右腕を切る』と決めたが最後、あらゆる手段を講じて右腕を切断する。
それは最適解としての斬撃、『無駄のない、時間と空間をねじ伏せる一刀』となる。
『目的達成の為の手段』を『一つに絞る』力。
無限にあるべき未来を『たった一つ』の結果に限定する、極めて特殊な魔眼と言ってもいい。
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○無空：Ａ
剣者が到達する最高の位。究極の境地。
柳生新陰流・水月に相当する。
無空なるが故に無敵。これ捉える者、無限の境地に達した剣者のみ。
○五輪の書
武蔵はその生涯にて至った境地、培った技法を死の直前に書としてまとめ上げた。
それは地水火風空の５巻に分かれた書で、“武蔵”というひとりの人間の集大成であった。
五輪の書は、地の巻にて二天一流の兵法としての理念とその概略を、水の巻では具体的な技法を、火の巻では戦略や戦術の次元での兵法について、風の巻ではある特定の技や戦法を否定することによって二天一流に対する根本理解を"自ずと読者の脳裏に浮かび上がらせる"形で解説している。
そして最後の空の巻には、武蔵なりの“空”に対する理解が、前述の“相対”の技法によって書き記されているという。
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？？？ - Heavenly Eye: A
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Fate/Grand Order material V - Miyamoto Musashi, profile translated by ComunCoutinho
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Fate/Samurai Remnant - Glossary: Terminology
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Fate/Samurai Remnant - Gameplay Screen
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - Shimosa: The Stage of Carnage, Section 15: Ultima Cantica: The Stage of Carnage, Onriedo (Ending)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Olympus: Interstellar Mountainous City - Section 22: Void