Samurai wisdom : lessons from Japan's warrior culture : five classic texts on bushido
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Samurai wisdom : lessons from Japan's warrior culture : five classic texts on bushido
Tuttle Pub., 2014
- : pbk
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Yamagata
  Fukushima
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
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Note
Translated from the Japanese
"2014年3月31日 第1刷発行"--Colophon
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-250) and index
Contents of Works
- The way of the knight / by Yamaga Soko
- The warrior's rule / by Tsugaru Kodo-shi
- Essentials of military matters / compiled by Yamaga Takatsune
- The education of warriors / by Yamaga Soko
- Primer of martial education / by Yamaga Soko
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The ancient warrior culture of Japan produced a sophisticated martial philosophy that we know today as Bushido--the Way of the Warrior. In Samurai Wisdom, author Thomas Cleary provides five critical new translations of major Japanese works on Bushido.
The writings of the scholar Yamaga Soko and his disciples are among the most lucid expositions we have of the core ideas and philosophy underlying the Samurai's disciplined way of life and outlook. Together they provide an in-depth, practical guide to character building and conduct according to the precepts of Bushido--a code for professional warriors that retains as much relevance in today's world as it had when these works were written 400 years ago.
Yamaga's writings inspired the transformation of the Samurai from a feudal class of warriors under the command of the Shogun to a group of prominent individuals with significant intellectual, political and moral leadership and influence. The works translated in Samurai Wisdom for the very first time are as timeless and essential today as the works of Sun Tzu, Musashi and Clausewitz.
The five Japanese works on Bushido translated in Samurai Wisdom are:
The Way of the Knight by Yamaga Soko
The Warrior's Rule by Tsugaru Kodo-shi
Essentials of Military Matters compiled by Yamaga Takatsune
The Education of Warriors by Yamaga Soko
Primer of Martial Education by Yamaga Soko
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