Editing Miyamoto Musashi (section)

===As an artist===
[[File:Kobokumeigekizu.jpg|thumb|upright|''Shrike in a barren tree'', by Miyamoto Musashi]]
In his later years, Musashi said in his ''The Book of Five Rings'': "When I apply the principle of strategy to the ways of different arts and crafts, I no longer have need for a teacher in any domain." He proved this by creating recognized masterpieces of [[calligraphy]] and classic [[ink painting]]. His paintings are characterized by [[sumi-e]], skilled use of [[ink wash]]es and an economy of brush stroke. He especially mastered the "broken ink" school of landscapes, applying it to other subjects, such as his ''Kobokumeikakuzu'' (''[[Shrike]] Perched on a Withered Branch'';{{efn|''Shrike Perched in a Dead Tree'' (''Koboku Meigekizu'', 枯木鳴鵙図)}}<ref>{{Cite web |title= 枯木鳴鵙図 | trans-title= Shrike Perched in a Dead Tree | url=https://www.ikm-art.jp/degitalmuseum/num/001/0010141000.html |access-date=2025-03-12 |website= ikm-art.jp| publisher= デジタルミュージアム |language=ja}}</ref> part of a [[triptych]] whose other two members were ''[[Budai|Hotei]] Walking'' and ''Sparrow on Bamboo''), his ''Hotei Watching a Cockfight'', and his ''Rozanzu'' (''Wild Geese Among Reeds'', 魯山図).<ref>{{Cite web |date= 2025-01-16 |title=Miyamoto Musashi {{!}} Samurai, Duelist, Swordsman |website= [[Encyclopedia Britannica|Britannica]].com |url= https://www.britannica.com/biography/Miyamoto-Musashi-Japanese-soldier-artist |access-date=2025-03-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250116114703/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Miyamoto-Musashi-Japanese-soldier-artist |archive-date=16 January 2025 }}</ref> ''The Book of Five Rings'' advocates involvement in calligraphy and other arts as a means of training in the art of war.<ref name="nippon-musashi">{{cite web |title= Master Swordsman Miyamoto Musashi: The Man Behind The Book of Five Rings |website=Nippon.com |first= Uozumi| last= Takashi |date=25 July 2019 |url= https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g00689/master-swordsman-miyamoto-musashi-the-man-behind-the-book-of-five-rings.html |publisher= Nippon Communications Foundation| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200305121209/https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g00689/master-swordsman-miyamoto-musashi-the-man-behind-the-book-of-five-rings.html |archive-date= 5 March 2020}}</ref>