Bushido: the Soul of Japan. Illustrated
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Bushido: the Soul of Japan. Illustrated

  1. 155 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 24 Mar |Learn more

Bushido: the Soul of Japan. Illustrated

About this book

Bushido: The Soul of Japan is a book written by Inaz? Nitobe exploring the way of the samurai. He found in Bushido, the Way of the Warrior, the sources of the seven virtues most admired by his people: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor and loyalty.  It was published in 1899.
A best-seller in its day, it was read by many influential foreigners, among them President Theodore Roosevelt, President John F. Kennedy and Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts.
Nitobe also delved into the other indigenous traditions of Japan, such as Buddhism, Shintoism, Confucianism and the moral guidelines handed down over hundreds of years by Japan's samurai and sages. He sought similarities and contrasts by citing the shapers of European and American thought and civilization going back to the Romans, the Greeks and Biblical times. He found a close resemblance between the samurai ethos of what he called Bushido and the spirit of medieval chivalry and the ethos of ancient Greece, as observed in books such as the Iliad of Homer. 

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Table of contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. PREFACE TO THE TENTH AND REVISED EDITION
  3. BUSHIDO AS AN ETHICAL SYSTEM.
  4. SOURCES OF BUSHIDO,
  5. RECTITUDE OR JUSTICE,
  6. COURAGE, THE SPIRIT OF DARING AND BEARING,
  7. BENEVOLENCE, THE FEELING OF DISTRESS,
  8. POLITENESS,
  9. VERACITY OR TRUTHFULNESS,
  10. HONOR,
  11. THE DUTY OF LOYALTY,
  12. EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF A SAMURAI,
  13. SELF-CONTROL,
  14. THE INSTITUTIONS OF SUICIDE AND REDRESS,
  15. THE SWORD THE SOUL OF THE SAMURAI,
  16. THE TRAINING AND POSITION OF WOMAN.
  17. THE INFLUENCE OF BUSHIDO
  18. IS BUSHIDO STILL ALIVE?
  19. THE FUTURE OF BUSHIDO,