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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Paperback, 180 pages
Edition: REISSUE
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc.
ISBN: 4770011067
Release Date: Jan 2, 2002
Average Reader Review:   (Based on 5 reviews.)
| |  | | | From The Publisher
Hagakure ("In the Shadow of Leaves") is a manual for the samurai classes consisting of a series of short anecdotes and reflections that give both insight and instruction in the philosophy and code of behavior that foster the true spirit of Bushido -- the Way of the Warrior. It is not a book of philosophy as most would understand the word: it is a collection of thoughts and sayings recorded over a period of seven years, and as such covers a wide variety of subjects, often in no particular sequence.
The work represents an attitude far removed from our modern pragmatism and materialism, and posesses an intuitive rather than rational appeal in its assertion that Bushido is a Way of Dying, and that only a samurai retainer prepared and willing to die at any moment can be totally true to his lord. While Hagakure was for many years a secret text known only to the warrior vassals of the Hizen fief to which the author belonged, it later came to be recognized as a classic exposition of samurai thought and came to influence many subsequent generations, including Yukio Mishima.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 5 Average Rating:
great book
-- A reviewer, February 6, 2002
If you follow Bushido read this.... 
-- Dan Keane, a follower of the Code of Bushido, December 8, 2000
Also Recommended: Flashing Steel, Iai: The art of drawing the Sword, Bushido: Warriors Code
Your path lies in the Way!
-- LORENZO BENNETT, a 17 year old weapons collector, January 10, 2001
Also Recommended: RASHOMON
The Voice of a Samurai
-- Lz, February 19, 2002
Also Recommended: Go Rin No Sho (A Book Of Five Rings) --- Miyamoto Musashi--- The Art Of War--Sun Tzi--- Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors --- William Scott Wilson
Samurai
-- Tom, an attorney, January 24, 2001
Also Recommended: Candid Confessions by Patrick Maher - an Asian based novel.
| | | | The Reader's Catalog
"The most influential of all samurai treatises"--Ivan Morris
| |  | | | | Foreword | 7 | | Introduction | 9 | | From the 1st Chapter | 17 | | From the 2nd Chapter | 65 | | From the 3rd Chapter | 89 | | From the 4th Chapter | 91 | | From the 6th Chapter | 93 | | From the 7th Chapter | 99 | | From the 8th Chapter | 111 | | From the 9th Chapter | 128 | | From the 10th Chapter | 137 | | From the 11th Chapter | 153 | | Late Night Idle Talk | 167 | | Notes | 170 | | Names, Places and Words | 174 | | Bibliography | 179 |
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Philosophy, Japanese Philosophy, Martial Arts, Eastern - General, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Samurai, Conduct of life, Bushido, Samurai, Conduct of life, Bushido
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