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Bushido: The Warrior's Code (Literary Links to the Orient): The Warrior's Code (Literary Links to the Orient)

By: Inazo Nitobe
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Black Belt Communications
ISBN: 0897500318
ISBN-13: 9780897500319
Released: 01 Sep 1975
RRP: £8.99
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Highly disappointing and a huge waste of money - By: , 18 Sep 2002
This book suffers hugely from having been written at the turn of the century by a japanese christian trying to explain bushido to a victorian britain. As such (maybe in an attempt to not to be seen as a foreign savage) he seems to fill the book with more references to christianity than to the subject he's trying to explain. This is highly annoying, as are the brief synopsies at the start of each chapter, which if read, ruin the chapter itself, they have admittedly been included as something to look back over when you have read the book, but would have been much better postioned at the end in an appendix.
A Good Primer - By: , 24 Aug 1999
This is a good introduction to Bushido for Western readers. A little dramatic but then again, it does capture the ethos of the subject.
A great book, very informative and detailed - By: , 21 Jan 1998
Inazo Nitobe takes the time to explain the concept of Bushido in great detail while including Western examples to enable the reader to have a greater understanding of his meaning. He presents the book in various categories, ranging from the origins of Bushido, the training & positioning of women, from the education of a samurai to the gruesome details of the Hara-kiri or seppuku (ritual suicide). This book is a must for anyone who wishes to understand Bushido, the mentality of the samurai, & the unique mindset of the Asian-especiallly the Japanese-way of thinking. Other books which I heartily recommend are: A Book of Five Rings-by Miyamoto Musashi, Hagakure-by Tsunetomo Yamamoto, The Code of the Samurai-by Daidoji Yuzan (translated by A.L. Sadler), Runaway Horses-by Yukio Mishima & Legends of the Samurai-by Hiraoki Sato