A young, upcoming samurai seeks the advice of an older, experienced warrior who has become a Zen monk. The ambitious young samurai humbly begs to learn from the old master, who consents. So begins a series of eventful meetings. At each sitting, the seasoned samurai tells his young student tales of samurai past. This manga adaptation of what Ivan Morris called the most influential of all samurai treatises is told in a form reminiscent of The Arabian Nights'. A young, upcoming samurai seeks the advice of an older, experienced warrior who has become a Zen monk. The ambitious young'