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Each a best-selling title in its own right, these three classic Far
Eastern texts are about much more than war and being a warrior,
including ideas of leadership, virtue and disciple which remain
relevant to conduct in business and in life today, and giving them
a much broader appeal.
"Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than
cherry blossom" are the opening words to Inazo Nitobe's Bushido:
The Soul of Japan. It was 1900 and Inazo, a Japanese academic
living in the USA, had been prompted to write the book after an
American professor had wondered how the Japanese imparted moral
education on their children if schools didn't offer any religious
instruction. The answer, Inazo realised, was through Bushido.
Bushido is the chivalric code of moral principles that the Samurai
followed: rectitude, courage, benevolence, respect, honesty, honour
and loyalty. Influenced by Confucianism, Shinto and Zen Buddhism,
it tempers the violence of a warrior with wisdom and serenity.
Alongside Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Machiavelli's The Prince,
Inazo's book has become influential among military and corporate
leaders looking for ways to manage their people and overcome their
opponents. Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding and
with a timeless design, Bushido Illustrated: The Soul of Japan
includes the classic Inazo Nitobe text with a new introduction and
colourful illustrations throughout. It will appeal to anyone
interested in leadership, the code of the Samurai and Japanese
culture.
This volume collects together essays and lectures given by the
author from 1922-1927 to a variety of international audiences.
Together they illuminate essential aspects of the Japanese
mentality and way of life, particularly in social, religious and
linguistic aspects.
This volume collects together essays and lectures given by the
author from 1922-1927 to a variety of international audiences.
Together they illuminate essential aspects of the Japanese
mentality and way of life, particularly in social, religious and
linguistic aspects.
An Unabridged, Digitally Enlarged Printing To Include Modernized
Typeface: 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 Or
Truthfulness - Honor - The Duty Of Loyalty - 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
A century ago, when Japan was transforming itself from an isolated
feudal society into a modern nation, a Japanese educator queried
about the ethos of his people composed this seminal work, which
with his numerous other writings in English made him the best,
known Japanese writer in the West during his lifetime.
He found in Bushido, the Way of the Warrior, the sources of the
virtues most admired by his people: rectitude, courage,
benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor, loyalty and
self-control. His approach to his task was eclectic and
far-reaching. On the one hand, he delved into the indigenous
traditions, into Buddhism, Shintoism, Confucianism and the moral
guidelines handed down over hundreds of years by Japan's samurai
and sages. On the other hand, he sought similarities and contrasts
by citing not only Western philosophers and statesmen, but also the
shapers of European and American thought and civilization going
back to the Romans, the Greeks and Biblical times.
This book is a classic to which generations of scholars and laymen
alike have long referred for insights into the character of the
Japanese people. And all of its many readers in the past have been
amply rewarded, as will be all those who turn to its pages in the
next and future decades.
'What Japan was she owed to the samurai. They were not only the
flower of the nation, but its root as well.' Inazo Nitobe's book,
the most influential ever written on Bushido, or the samurai Way of
the Warrior, argues that the philosophy of Bushido is the true key
to understanding 'the soul of Japan'. One of twenty new books in
the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection
showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our
world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets,
satirists to Zen Buddhists.
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