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This basic samurai-era content material fused Japanese swordsmanship with Zen and influenced the way that the fine art has taken ever since. Compiled by the 17th-century Zen master Takuan Soho (1573-1645), The Unfettered Brain is a e book of advice on swordsmanship and the cultivation of right brain and intention. It had been written as helpful information for the samurai Yagyu Munenori, who was a great swordsman and competitor to the renowned Miyamoto Musashi. Takuan was a giant in the annals of Zen; he was also a gardener, calligrapher, poet, writer, adviser to samurai and shoguns, and a pivotal body in Zen painting. He was known for his brilliance and acerbic wit. In these succinct and pointed essays, Takuan can be involved mainly with understanding and refining the mind - both generally and when faced with issue. The Unfettered Brain was a major influence on the basic manifestos on swordsmanship that came after it, including Miyamoto Musashi's Booklet of Five Jewelry and Yagyu Munenori's Life-Giving Sword.
