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The Book of Bushido

The Complete Guide to Real Samurai Chivalry

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The Book of Bushido

By: Antony Cummins
Narrated by: John Chancer
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Dive into Japanese history—and discover who the samurai really were—in this fascinating study that reveals the flawed human warriors behind the idealistic myths.

This is the go-to volume on bushido (“the way of the warrior”), drawing on a wide range of historical sources to paint a vivid picture of the samurai in action and separating the truth from the myth of samurai chivalry. It offers a long-overdue update to the attractive but inaccurate portrait of the samurai painted in Bushido: The Soul of Japan, which has been a bestseller ever since its publication in 1905, and the equally idealistic Hagakure (c.1716).

The Book of Bushido explores the reality of warrior behavior versus the idealistic depiction created for an Edwardian audience by the author of Bushido: The Soul of Japan. It reveals the truth of how the samurai really behaved and of what they considered to be a warrior ethos. The image of the perfect eastern warrior is replaced with a much more interesting reality: hardened, bloodstained military leaders with human failings and a complex set of ideas about the world; men who engaged in ritual, magic and ceremony...who led their followers in war and peace...and who fought a battle between addiction to power and morality.

This is the story of bushido—the way of the samurai.

©2022 Antony Cummins (P)2024 Watkins Publishing
Asia Buddhism Japan Military Zen
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Finally an honest look at Samurai culture! The truth is more brutal than any fiction.

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