Bushido: The Soul Of Japan - 9781534761254
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Bushido: The Soul of Japan is a book written by Inazo Nitobe exploring the way of the samurai. Bushido: The Soul of Japan is, along with the classic text Hagakure by Tsunetomo Yamamoto (1659-1719), a study of the way of the samurai. 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 originally wrote Bushido: The Soul of Japan in English (1899), in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The book was not translated into Japanese until it had been popular in the English-speaking world for several years. As Japan underwent deep transformations of its traditional lifestyle while becoming a modern nation, Nitobe engaged in an inquiry into the ethos of his nation, and the result of his meditations was this seminal work. A fine stylist in English, he wrote many books in that language, which earned him a place among the best known Japanese writers of his age. He found in Bushido, the Way of the Warrior, the sources of the eight virtues most admired by his people: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor, loyalty and self-control.
- | Author: Inazo Nitobe, Andrea Gouveia
- | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Jun 19, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 88 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 153476125X
- | ISBN-13: 9781534761254
- Author:
- Inazo Nitobe, Andrea Gouveia
- Publisher:
- CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication Date:
- Jun 19, 2016
- Number of pages:
- 88 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 153476125X
- ISBN-13:
- 9781534761254