Yes, but the title is about a 400 year old book so what is a few years give or take? :evil: Go Rin No So and the Tao Te Ching haven't changed.
Read it years ago and enjoyed it immensely. C.W. Nicol also wrote a novel about the time towards the end of the Edo period that involved Karate, but the name escapes me. He used to show up on Japanese TV every once in a while too. Best, Chris Aikido Sangenkai Aikido Hawaii