Legend of the Two Swords

Muramasa, student of Masamune challenged his sensei (in reality it is written that these two never met) to a sword forging dual. The respected swords were 鍛造されたTanzō sa reta. To test who had made the better blade, they each placed their masterpieces in a busy flowing stream. Muramasa’s blade cut everything floating downstream, leaves, flowers, sticks, even the fish. Masamune’s blade did not hinder a thing, nothing was cut by it’s pure making. Muramasa brashly claimed victory. But, a passing monk described what he thought as thus:

“I cannot fall to any other conclusion other than your sensei’s blade Muramasa is beyond yours in brilliance. Yours is violent and cuts indiscriminantly anything and all, even innocence. Whereas your sensei’s blade, sensei Masamune’s is superior by far! It does not cut needlessly! It does not cut the innocent and undeserving.”

I use this tale from the Japanese in my up and coming new book L.A. to Tokyo! It is an early morning dream that the protagonist Albert Brodie Glenn has in a hotelroom in present day Tokyo.

Look forward to this new soon to be bestseller which will be available at Amazon!

L.A. to Tokyo

COMING SOON!!!

Nico