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Hagakure : the book of the samurai / Yamamoto Tsunetomo ; translated by William Scott Wilson.
Van Pelt Library BJ971.B8 Y33213 1983
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yamamoto, Tsunetomo, 1659-1719.
- Standardized Title:
- Hagakure. English. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bushido.
- Samurai--Conduct of life.
- Samurai.
- Physical Description:
- 180 pages ; 18 cm
- Other Title:
- Book of the Samurai
- Place of Publication:
- Tokyo : Kodansha International ; New York : distributed in the United States by Kodansha America, Inc., 1983.
- Summary:
- This book describes the short, succinct passages found in 'Hagakure', composed in the spirit of the way of thinking they reflect and outline the qualities that make a samurai: readiness to die, whatever one's cause; uncompromising loyalty; singlemindedness, preparedness, artlessness, celerity, decorum and compassion. It transcends time, space and the encumbrances of societal living by penetrating to the core of existence with the clarity and vividness of its insights.
- Notes:
- 1st paperback ed., 1983.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-180).
- ISBN:
- 4770011067
- OCLC:
- 39704605
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