Lemon Jam Musashi

I heard that the 2003 Taiga drama "Musashi" is being released on DVD. Most recent Taiga dramas are released on DVD in their entirety the year after they air, so why a DVD release after 20 years?
Well, regardless, this is a record of me making bittersweet jam while daydreaming about Miyamoto Musashi, who has more than a little connection to me.

2 lemons
Honey, to taste

That is all.
The lemons are domestic ones I ordered from Wakayama. I won't be using the peel this time, but it would be a waste, so you should make lemon peel out of it. See below for how to make it.

However, if you use imported lemons, you must absolutely discard the peel. Imported items are coated with wax or preservatives. In some cases, they might even be carcinogenic?

Regarding that Taiga drama "Musashi," a lawsuit was filed after the first episode aired. It was filed by Kurosawa Production. They claimed copyright infringement, stating that the development of the first episode was strikingly similar to the world-famous Akira Kurosawa film "Seven Samurai."
The case was fought all the way to the Supreme Court, but in the end, Kurosawa Production's claim was dismissed. The reason it did not constitute copyright infringement was that "the artistic level of perfection was completely different."
In other words, it was as if they were told that compared to "Seven Samurai," "Musashi" had a far lower level of perfection.

The lead actor, Ichikawa Ebizo (then Shinnosuke), and Ryoko Yonekura, who played Otsu, were dating at the time but broke up. They both married other people. If the two had married, it might have been talked about as the work where a big couple met, but because that didn't happen, has it become a work that people are somehow hesitant to touch?
Perhaps the DVD release was put off not just because the work was jinxed from the start, but frankly, because it isn't interesting?
Even though it claims to be based on Eiji Yoshikawa's "Miyamoto Musashi," the story drags on even after the climax, the "Duel at Ganryu Island," and there is no sense of a peak. As someone who has an emotional attachment to Miyamoto Musashi, I feel disappointed. Even if it is released on DVD, I have no desire to watch it again.

Previously, in a self-introduction-like article, I wrote that my special skill is classical martial arts. ↓

Actually, I have a past where I practiced Miyamoto Musashi's strategy, Niten Ichi-ryu, a little bit. Due to various circumstances, I have since left the group.
It was because I was moved by reading Eiji Yoshikawa's novel "Miyamoto Musashi" and wanted to touch upon its essence.

Miyamoto Musashi is said to have been born in 1584, but there is a dissenting theory that he was born in 1582, and furthermore, the place of his birth is unclear—was it Harima? Mimasaka?
That may be understandable. Miyamoto Musashi was neither a conqueror of the Warring States period nor a man of culture who left behind many paintings or books. He was just a strategist, a swordsman.
It cannot be said that he left a major mark on history. Even so, is it thanks to Eiji Yoshikawa that most Japanese people at least know his name?
His father was Shinmen Munisai. A master of a strategy called Tori-ryu Juttejutsu. Influenced by that, his son Bennosuke (later Musashi) also became interested in strategy. One day, seeing his father whittling wood with a small knife, he made a cheeky remark to the effect that his handiwork was not even good enough for strategy. Munisai then reportedly threw the small knife he was holding at his son. What if it had stabbed him? Bennosuke, who dodged it quickly, ran away from home just like that.
A cold-blooded parent and child. Munisai had a personality that could be called stubborn. That kind of air can also be felt in the later Musashi.

It is said to have been when he was 12 years old, but a strategist on a warrior pilgrimage, Arima Kihei, put up a notice near the village where Bennosuke lived.
The wording was that he would fight anyone who was proud of their swordsmanship. Seeing that, Bennosuke wrote in black ink on the notice that he wished to fight, and specified a date and time.
On the day, Kihei, who was taken aback because Bennosuke was still a boy, said that since it was a child's prank, he would forgive him if he apologized, but Bennosuke, without a word, struck him with a wooden sword and beat him to death. He made his duel debut.
In Eiji Yoshikawa's novel, Musashi's childhood name is "Takezo." In reality, it is Bennosuke. When did he start calling himself "Musashi"? It is not well understood. "Miyamoto" is also the name of the place, and his real surname is "Shinmen." This is a surname that Munisai was supposedly granted by his lord, Shinmen Iga no Kami.
After that, at the age of 16, he encountered a powerful strategist named Akiyama in Tajima Province, and he states in his own book, "The Book of Five Rings," that he was victorious in this as well.

The moderate acidity of the lemon is preserved. It is a magnificent combination with the sweetness of honey.
Truly a two-sword style of sweetness and acidity.
You can thoroughly enjoy the vitamin C and pectin of the lemon.
I just thought of this, but if you dissolve it in hot water, couldn't you enjoy it as lemon tea instead of yuzu tea? Let's give it a try.

At the age of 17, he participated in the Battle of Sekigahara as a common soldier. He was in the camp of the Ukita family of the defeated Western Army, but they lost. Eiji Yoshikawa's "Musashi" begins from the scene after that. However, there is actually a story that Musashi was in Kyushu at that time.
The story goes that he participated in the battle that could be called the Sekigahara of Kyushu, Kuroda Josui's conquest of Kyushu.
In this theory, he joined the Eastern Army in the Kuroda camp along with his father, Munisai.
In later years, Musashi would have strong ties to Kyushu. Considering that, it seems highly likely that he was on the Eastern Army side in Kyushu.

I have finally reached the beginning of Eiji Yoshikawa's "Musashi".
Since he is a person I have a deep attachment to, there is still much I want to write about Musashi, so I will write the continuation irregularly. As a sort of grand delusion cooking rather than a grand historical drama, thank you for the meal, Lemonja Musashi.