Seashell of Forgetfulness A Hero's Passing The Drying Pole Eagle Mountain The Mayfly in Winter The Pinwheel The Flying Horse The Butterfly in Winter The Announcement The Great Bridge at Gojō Avenue Book 4 — Wind The Withered Field A Man of Parts Too Many Kojirōs The Younger Brother A Mother's Love The Urbane Craftsman Reverberations in the Snow The Elegant People The Broken Lute A Sickness of the Heart The Scent of Aloeswood The Gate A Toast to the Morrow The Death Trap A Meeting in the Moonlight Stray Geese The Spreading Pine An Offering for the Dead A Drink of Milk Entwining Branches The Male and Female Waterfalls Book 5 — Sky The Abduction The Warrior of Kiso Poisonous Fangs A Maternal Warning A One-Night Love Affair A Gift of Money A Cleansing Fire Playing with Fire A Cricket in the Grass The Pioneers Slaughter by the Riverside Shavings The Owl A Plate of Loaches Like Teacher, Like Pupil Mountain Devils First Planting The Flies The Soul Polisher The Fox An Urgent Letter Filial Piety Spring Shower in Red A Block of Wood The Deserted Prophet The Talk of the Town Book 6 — Sun and Moon A Chat with the Men Buzzing Insects The Eagle Green Persimmons Eyes Four Sages with a Single Light The Locust Tree Tadaaki's Madness The Poignancy of Things Two Drumsticks The Demon's Attendant Brother Disciples The Pomegranate Land of Dreams The Challenge The Gateway to Glory The Sound of Heaven Book 7 — The Perfect Light The Runaway Ox Hemp Seed Sweepers and Salesmen A Pear Blossom The Port The Writing Teacher The Circle Shikama Blue The Mercy of Kannon The Tides of Life The Evening Boat A Falcon and a Woman Before the Thirteenth Day At Daybreak The Marriage The Soul of the Deep Release details . . . See also Samurai Trilogy — film adaptation of the novel Vagabond — manga adaptation of the novel References 1935 novels Japanese serial novels Historical novels Novels first published in serial form Works originally published in Asahi Shimbun Novels set in Japan Japanese novels adapted into films Cultural depictions of Miyamoto Musashi