Bushido: Samurai Ethics and the Soul of Japan (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 5 stars “No one can understand the Japanese culture without understanding first the concept of Bushido, the Way of the Samurai. Inazo Nitobe, a Japanese Christian, writes the first Japanese Christian book that tackles on the Christian view of Bushido and how the Japanese concept of honor, justice, duty of...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  “As Japan underwent deep transformations of its traditional lifestyle while forging into a modern nation, Nitobe engaged in an inquiry into the ethos of his nation, and the result of his meditations was this seminal work.”

  aniketana wrote this review Saturday, January 19 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “No one can understand the Japanese culture without understanding first the concept of Bushido, the Way of the Samurai. Inazo Nitobe, a Japanese Christian, writes the first Japanese Christian book that tackles on the Christian view of Bushido and how the Japanese concept of honor, justice, duty of loyalty, politeness, courage, spirit of daring and death can also be found in Scripture. Written in the year 1905, Nitobe had set out to write a book of Japanese culture to bridge the West and Japan. The text is enlightening, filled with sources from the Scriptures, and various ancient Japanese texts and accounts of samurais, and concludes that Christianity is needed in order to balance the concept of death and life in the mind of the Japanese. The "Chivalry of Europe" and the "Bushido of Japan" is often compared and contrasted. A book worth a space in the shelf of any collector of Japanese Literature.”

  Francis wrote this review Saturday, December 22 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No