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The Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke | 
 enlarge | Authors: Yuzan Daidoji, Thomas Cleary
Creator: Oscar Ratti
Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 62271
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0804831904
Dewey Decimal Number: 170.440952
UPC: 676251831900
EAN: 9780804831901
ASIN: 0804831904
Publication Date: July 30, 1999
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Product Description
The Code of the Samurai is a four-hundred-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido, the Japanese way of the warrior. Bushido has played a major role in shaping the behavior of modern Japanese government, corporations, society, and individuals, as well as in shaping the modern martial arts within Japan and internationally. The Japanese original of this book has been one of the primary sources on the tenets of Bushido, a way of thought that remains fascinating to modern world, East and West.
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 Disappointing December 2, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Cannot see any great spiritualism here.
Altogether a very disappointing experience.
A Karate Sensei has far more to offer.
 Timeless April 12, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Take a peek into Japanese culture, and be amazed how this ancient text still applies to life today. You'll also learn a great deal about medieval Japan.
 An ancient book but still applicable to modern life March 15, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Code of the Samurai is a nice peek into Japanese culture, in under a hundred pages. It's amazing to see how such an ancient book can still be of use today, and how some things we consider 'common courtesy' have fundamental roots, and an actual reason.
Good March 22, 2006
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
The author does a good job translating the text into modern day principles. Definitely a good read for those interested in Bushido and it's ideas.
Interesting July 6, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I found this book educational, comical, and well worth reading. In less than a hundred pages it taught me a lot about medieval Japan. What I enjoyed more is the way its original author's voice comes shining through in the text. His condescension, his bluntness, his matter-of-fact all make for a hilarious introduction to the mind of the samurai. Some of the statements that come out of Shigesuke's mouth are a world apart from what we hear in textbooks today. He has no problem telling the student that he is a "lazy" "moron" "coward" unless he is exactly what a warrior should be. But beneath all this there is wisdom here. A very interesting book.
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