The Way of the Samurai
The Way of the Samurai This luxurious hardback edition presents the classic work The Way of the Samurai - a fascinating exploration of Japanese samurai culture and their moral code.To many people,…
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The Way of the Samurai
This luxurious hardback edition presents the classic work The Way of the Samurai - a fascinating exploration of Japanese samurai culture and their moral code.To many people, the word samurai conjures images of menacing masks, long blades and elaborate armour. The Way of the Samurai provides an intriguing exploration of bushido and other valued qualities such as rectitude or justice, courage, politeness, veracity, honour, loyalty and self-control. However, this classic text by Inazo Nitobe reveals the greater depths to samurai culture - they were not simply warriors but an aristocratic class who practiced literary and military arts in equal measure.Essential to this way of life was the samurai's moral code and the quality of bushido, roughly translated as chivalry.
It also explores the Samurai's more violent traditions, such as the