Tsunetoma Yamamoto

Hagakure

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Learn the secrets of Japan's samurai warrior code with this definitive translation of the Hagakure—the bushido manual of the samurai.The Hagakure is one of the most influential of all Japanese texts—written nearly 300 years ago by Tsunetomo Yamamoto to summarize the very essence of the Japanese Samurai bushido («warrior») spirit. Its influence has been felt throughout the world and yet its existence is scarcely known to many Westerners. This is the first translation to include the complete first two books of the Hagakure and the most reliable and authentic passages contained within the third book. All other English translations published previously have been extremely fragmentary and incomplete.Alex Bennett's completely new and highly readable translation of this essential work includes extensive footnotes that serve to fill in many cultural and historical gaps in the previous translations. This unique combination of readability and scholarship gives Bennett's translation a distinct advantage over all previous English editions.
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344 printed pages
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
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  • b5574576679has quoted3 years ago
    encouraged many people to take up martial arts, and to study translations of famous warrior books, such as Miyamoto Musashi’s The Book of Five Rings, Daidōji Yūzan’s Budō Shoshinshū, and of course, Yamamoto Jōchō’s (Tsunetomo)

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