El libro de los cinco anillos (en japonés ??? [Go-rin no sho]) es un tratado sobre el kentutsu escrito por Miyamoto Musashi en su vejez —durante su retiro de ermitaño en la cueva de Reignando en 1643— y finalizado el 19 de mayo de 1645, pocas semanas antes de su muerte. El libro está dedicado a su pupilo Terao Magonojo Se considera un tratado clásico sobre la estrategia militar de Japón, en una línea semejante a El arte de la guerra, escrito por el estratega chino Sun Tzu A diferencia de otros samuráiso ronin, Musashi desechó en su día la idea de fundar una escuela de Kenjutsu (la cual más tarde perfeccionaría y llamaría como Niten Ichi Ryu aprovechando su fama y prestigio en todo el Japón de la época, y prefirió una vida más espartana de dedicación exclusiva al estudio del arte de la espada mediante constantes viajes y vagabundeos por todo el país
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Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645), famed swordsman, was born Shinmen Takezo in Harima Province and may have fought at Sekigahara under the Ukita as a common soldier. He claimed to have defeated his first opponent (a certain Arima Kihei) at the age of thirteen. He wrote that he engaged in sixty duels without suffering defeat once, and he was noted in this regard for his skill at handling two swords at once. Much of Musashi’s life between 1600 and 1640 is the stuff of legend, and some have postulated that he served at Osaka Castle on the defending side, taking quite a few heads in the process. In 1640 Musashi accepted service with the Hosokawa clan and three years later, in Higo Province, began work on his great book The Book of Five Rings. He finished this influential work on swordsmanship in May 1645—the same year he died.