Bushido: The Soul of Japan

SELF-CONTROL

RECTITUDE ee

BUSHIDO

COURAGE
BENEVOLENCE
LOYALTY

SINCERITY
POLITENESS

Bushido: The Soul of Japan
by Inazo Nitobe

Inazo Nitobe

Bushido: The Soul of Japan

Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe (1862 - 1933)

was one of the first books on samurai ethics that was originally written
in English for a Western audience, and has been subsequently
translated into many other languages (also Japanese). Nitobe found in
Bushido, the Way of the Warrior, the sources of the virtues most
admired by his people: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness,
sincerity, honor, loyalty and self-control, and he uses his deep
knowledge of Western culture to draw comparisons with Medieval
Chivalry, Greek and Roman Philosophy, and Christianity.

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