Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai - Paperback

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Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai - Paperback

Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai - Paperback

by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
$24.46
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by Yamamoto Tsunetomo (Author)

English translation of the eighteenth-century Japanese text that delves into the samurai mind.

Hagakure is a must-have for serious martial artists or fans of samurai and the bushido code.

Hagakure Kikigaki, is a practical and spiritual guide for a warrior, drawn from a collection of commentaries by the clerk Yamamoto Tsunetomo, former retainer to Nabeshima Mitsushige (July 10, 1632 - July 2, 1700), the third ruler of what is now Saga Prefecture in Japan. Tashiro Tsuramoto compiled these commentaries from his conversations with Tsunetomo from 1709 to 1716; however, it was not published until many years afterwards.

The book grapples with the dilemma of maintaining a warrior class in the absence of war and reflects the author's nostalgia for a world that had disappeared before he was born. Hagakure was largely forgotten for two centuries after its composition, but it came to be viewed as the definitive guide of the armed forces of the Empire of Japan during the Pacific War.

Hagakure is also known as The Book of the Samurai, Analects of Nabeshima or Hagakure Analects.

Number of Pages: 138
Dimensions: 0.32 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: November 02, 2022
ISBN9789395741972
Author Yamamoto Tsunetomo
PublisherSanage Publishing
GenreSports and Philosophy
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2022
LanguageENG- English
Pages138
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Alexander Bennett holds doctorates from the University of Canterbury and Kyoto University. He has worked for the International Research Center for Japanese Studies and is currently Associate Professor at Kansai University's Department of International Affairs. He frequently lectures on Japanese martial culture and is Vice President of the International Naginata Federation and a committee member of the All Japan Kendo Federation, as well as director of the Japanese Academy of Budo. He is also the head coach of New Zealand Kendo. His recent publications include Naginata: the Definitive Guide, Budo Perspectives, The History and Spirit of Budo and The Bushido That Japanese Don't Know (in Japanese).

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