Bushido: The Way of the Samurai (Square One Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Tsunetomo Yamamoto
Creators: Justin F. Stone, Minoru Tanaka
Publisher: Square One Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
Buy New: $5.33
You Save: $4.62 (46%)
New (36) Used (12) from $5.33
Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 20452
Media: Paperback
Edition: Tra
Pages: 109
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 0757000266
Dewey Decimal Number: 170.4409520903
UPC: 780597000262
EAN: 9780757000263
ASIN: 0757000266
Publication Date: October 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: GREAT BUY!Brand New From US Distributor! WE ARE A 5 STAR SELLER with OVER 2,000,000 BOOKS SOLD!!! OVER ~ 520,000 FEEDBACKS ~ POSTED!!!
| |
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Book Description
In eighteenth-century Japan, Tsunetomo Yamamoto created the Hagakure, a document that served as the basis for samurai warrior behavior. Its guiding principles greatly influenced the Japanese ruling class and shaped the underlying character of the Japanese psyche, from businessmen to soldiers. Bushido is the first English translation of the Hagakure. This work provides a powerful message aimed at the mind and spirit of the samurai warrior. It offers beliefs that are difficult for the Western mind to embrace, yet fascinating in their pursuit of absolute service. With Bushido, one can better put into perspective Japan's historical path and gain greater insight into the Japan of today.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
Is this about Tom Cruise? March 26, 2008
P. V. de Metter (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Maybe you've seen the movie 'The Last Samurai' starring Tom Cruise. I think this movie is a very good resemblance of samurai culture and beliefs, even though it's in a Hollywood production.
So what can I do with sword-knowledge on my laptop? Wait, I'm not even going to try think this way.
Being samurai is much more about living a certain way than it is about fighting. Even nowadays we cannot think the earth is without war but even a hundred years back it was part of live. When you had to choose in that age, I'd prefer taking up the sword instead of making money as well.
Bushido's writings are fascinating to read. You have to do the translation of converting the knowledge to this age yourself, but if this is not the first book you read about Japanese culture it shouldn't be too hard.
With only 96 pages of real text anyone can at least read it and form his own judgement. If you find it is not for you, then at least you didn't had to read long before you figured that out!
 Bushido March 21, 2008
Azime (Tijuana, Mexico)
It's a good read, plus the way fo the samurai can be applied to your personal life.
 Bushido or Hagakure??? March 7, 2008
R. A. Stewart (The Virginia Countryside)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Hagakure: The Way of the SamuraiBushido: The Soul of Japan (Dodo Press)
This book (Bushido: The Way of the Samurai) really needs to have a different title. At first glance I thought it was the classic Bushido, especially as it is the first book to pop up when one searches Bushido on Amazon. This book is NOT the classic Bushido; it is a translation of the Hagakure.
The Japanese martial philosophy book, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, is NOT the same book as the equally classic Japanese martial philosophy book, Bushido: The Soul of Japan, by Inazo Nitobe. Indeed, Bushido was written nearly 200 years after Hagakure.
Just a heads up for anyone that is looking for the real Bushido.
 Did not live up to expectations December 2, 2007
M. Taplin (Weston-super-Mare, England)
Bushido: The Way of the Samurai (Square One Classics)
Nothing to stir the soul here.
Best Version on this Subject July 22, 2007
Terry Tozer (Reading, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can't better the other review below except to say that this translation of the Bushido is far easier to read, understand, digest and put into daily practice than the hoards of other versions of "Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Tsunetomo Yamamoto" which this book is based upon.
Despite a totally different translation, nothing is lost when you put the two books side by side and compare them to each other.
By the way, the title "Bushi-do" does not mean "Hidden behind the Leaves", that is the translation of the "Hagakure". Any martial artist worth his salt will easily recognise the two parts of the word: Bushi (Warrior) & do (the way) - The Way of the Warrior (or Samurai).
|
|
|
