Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

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Kodansha International, 1979 - Philosophy - 180 pages
Outlines the ethical code of the samurai in a time when the martial skills of the warrior became redundant and his role was subsumed into governmental service.

About the author (1979)

Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659-1719) was a samurai retainer of the Saga clan before retiring to a hermitage near Saga Castle in Kyushu. This was brought about by his being legally prohibited in the 1660s from following his lord, Nabeshima Mitsushige, in death a samurai practice forbidden by the Tokugawa shogunate and the governing body of the Nabeshima fief.

Bibliographic information

TitleHagakure: The Book of the Samurai
AuthorTsunetomo Yamamoto
PublisherKodansha International, 1979
ISBN087011378X, 9780870113789
Length180 pages
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