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Samurai Wisdom: Lessons from Japan's Warrior Culture: Lessons from Japan's Warrior Culture - Five Classic Texts on Bushido - Softcover

Thomas Cleary

 
9784805312933: Samurai Wisdom: Lessons from Japan's Warrior Culture: Lessons from Japan's Warrior Culture - Five Classic Texts on Bushido
Softcover
ISBN 10: 4805312939 ISBN 13: 9784805312933
Publisher: Tuttle Shokai Inc, 2014

Synopsis

The philosophy and strategies of the samurai explained Samurai Wisdom presents new translations of five classic works on Bushido, the way of the samurai warrior. These works, all authored by the scholar Yamaga Soko and his disciples, provided the core ideals and philosophy underlying samurai conduct and way of life. Together they offer an in-depth, practical guide to building character and living a proper life according to the precepts of Bushido. Yamaga's writings inspired the transformation of the samurai from a feudal warrior class to a group with great intellectual, political, and ethical leadership and influence. The classic works translated in Samurai Wisdom, despite being nearly 400 years old, are as timeless and applicable today as Sun Tzu s famous work, The Art of War. Somewhat similar to "Code of the Samurai," but much longer, more detailed, and the product of a different school of samurai thought. Yamaga Soko (1622-1685) was a renowned scholar, martial artist, and military strategist from the chivalrous school that produced many of the greatest warrior's in Japanes history, including Takeda Shingen, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Miyamoto Musashi. Yamaga was a critical thinker who rejected official orthodoxy and paid the price in censorship and banishment. His works were preserved by his heirs and disciples, eventually to re-emerge as acknowledged monuments of Bushido.

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About the Author

Thomas Cleary is one of the best known and most accomplished translators of the ancient wisdom of Asia. His work includes The Art of War, The book of Five rings, Code of the Samurai, Soul of the Samurai and Secrets of the Japanese Art of Warfare, as well as over 70 other books on Asian martial history and philosophy, buddhism and Taoism.

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Publisher
Tuttle Shokai Inc
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
4805312939
ISBN 13 
9784805312933
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256