The Book of Five Rings: Deluxe Slipcase Edition (Arcturus Silkbound Classics, 22)

It'd be silly to critique the writings of a book from the mid-1600s, so I won't be doing that. Anyone who would want to can learn to be pseudo-critics elsewhere. What's important is this edition of the book, and how high quality it is.Firstly, the book comes in a slip case, and the case itself is made of extremely sturdy plastic that has high quality paper glued onto it that makes up the actual design. I could be wrong, but when it came in, little bits of paper on the side were semi-coming off, but nothing worth complaining about, and it doesn't take away any stars. It's barely noticeable, but it is worth mentioning. It's well made, the text and picture of Musashi is glossy, and it's all very nice.The actual book itself is even higher quality. It's wrapped in this extremely unique fabric that's in a diagonal pattern, and it's very nice to feel. The picture of Musashi on the front cover (that's the same one on the slip case), and the text on the front (which is just, "The BOOK OF THE FIVE RINGS; Miyamoto Musashi") both have gold layering which makes it quite glossy. But even the red fabric on the rest of the book is glossy as well, giving it a unique charm. It's simplistic too, with the back having no text, leaving you to appear intelligent for everyone wondering why you have a weird, no back-text, fabric book with Japanese art (the truth is that you just wanted to look cool).I obviously don't know Japanese, but I'm sure the translation's nice. The English is perfect and makes sense, not difficult to read at all. It's quite short as well, able to be read very comfortably within a week. There's lots of art scattered throughout the book (usually every other page) that is extremely high quality and nice looking at. Sometimes they relate with what the book is talking about, sometimes not, but it doesn't matter, you won't understand the high level spiritualism anyways. The paper has an almost plastic feel to it, due to it being extremely smooth and thick. It even makes a squeaky sound when you rub against it. And the plastic comparison is a positive thing, not to be taken negatively. It's extremely high quality and gives it a deluxe feel.Overall, very nice. I'm now able to achieve nirvana, kill people with swords, and boost my self-esteem with high quality binding, paper, and hard covers.10/10, wouldn't buy again (I already have it, why buy it again).

Beautiful book for my special collection. I love the color, design and quality of materials. I had this book in a regular paperback. This collection edition is very beautiful.

Amazing detail and vivid pictures!

Read and understand the art.

This book is well bound. The pages are full of color and Japanese art depictions that accentuate the samurai lessons presented in this book. This is definitely one to be added to my book collection.

This book contains everything Musashi learned from a lifetime of dueling, war, and study of swordfighting. He distilled all of his knowledge in the five rings which make up his Way of Strategy. You must study this. You must practice this well.Minus one star for the terrible formatting on Kindle: footnotes intermixed with the regular text, in many cases literally interrupting the flow of a sentence. Also, the table of contents doesn't include all five rings.

Great book

Great book, nice heavy cover & case. Bright colorful graphics. Such a nice book