The Samurai Way
Published on 20. May 2013
120 pages
978-1-62793-183-0 (ISBN)
Description
Collected here in one edition are two of the most important books on the Samurai Way, Bushido: The Soul of Japan and The Book of Five Rings. Bushido: Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than its emblem, the cherry blossom; nor is it a dried-up specimen of an antique virtue preserved in the herbarium of our history. It is still a living object of power and beauty among us. The Book of Five Rings: There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as a doctor, as a poet teaching the Way of Waka, tea, archery, and many arts and skills. Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.
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Person
Inazo Nitobe
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Bushido: The Soul of Japan
- Table of Contents
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Tenth and Revised Edition
- Bushido as an Ethical System
- Sources of Bushido
- Rectitude or Justice
- Courage, the Spirit of Daring and Bearing
- Benevolence, the Feeling of Distress
- Politeness
- Veracity and Sincerity
- Honour
- The Duty of Loyalty
- The Education and Training of a Samurai
- Self-Control
- The Institutions of Suicide and Redress
- The Sword, the Soul of the Samurai
- The Training and Position of Woman
- The Influence of Bushido
- Is Bushido Still Alive?
- The Future of Bushido
- Appendix: Introduction
- The Book of Five Rings
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Ground Book
- The Water Book
- The Fire Book
- The Wind Book
- The Book of the Void
