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The Demon’s sermon on The marTial arTs

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The Demon’s sermon

From the book by Issai Chozanshi

Based on the translation by William Scott Wilson

Adapted by Sean Michael Wilson

Illustrated by Michiru Morikawa

With an afterword by William Scott Wilson

on The marTial arTsa Graphic novel

ShAMBhAlABoston & london

2013


Based on The Demon’s Sermon on the Martial Arts by Issai Chozanshi, translated by William Scott Wilson, © 2006, published by

Shambhala Publications.

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© 2013 by Sean Michael WilsonIllustrations © 2013 by Michiru Morikawa

Afterword © 2013 by William Scott Wilson

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including

photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Wilson, Sean Michael.[Tengu geijutsuron. English]

The demon’s sermon on the martial arts: a graphic novel / from the book by Issai Chozanshi; based on the translation by William Scott

Wilson; adapted by Sean Michael Wilson; illustrated by Michiru Morikawa. —1st ed.

p. cm.ISBN 978-1-61180-021-0 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Military art and science—Japan—Early works to 1800—Comic books, strips, etc. 2. Kendo—Philosophy—Early works to 1800—

Comic books, strips, etc. 3. Military art and science—Philosophy—Early works to 1800—Comic books, strips, etc. 4. Martial arts—Philosophy—Early works to 1800—Comic books, strips, etc. 5.

Graphic novels. I. Wilson, William Scott, 1944– II. Morikawa, Michiru, 1973– III. Niwa, Chozan, fl. 1716–1735 Tengu geijutsuron. English IV.

Title. U43.J3N58135 2013

741.5'973—DC232012037079


The Demon’s sermon on The marTial arTs

THE DEMoN’S SERMoN: PART 1

Transformation of the Sparrow and the ButterflyMeeting the Gods of Poverty in a Dream


The Greatest Joys of the Cicada and Its Cast-off ShellThe owl’s Understanding


The Centipede Questions the Snake


The Toad’s Way of the GodsThe Mysterious Technique of the Cat


Afterword by William Scott Wilson


The Demon’s sermon

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