Bushido: The Soul of Japan - Couverture souple

Nitobe, Inazo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 4990284860 ISBN 13 : 9784990284862

Editeur : Japan & Stuff Press, 2011

Synopsis

"Bushido: The Soul of Japan" was written in English for a Western audience by Inazo Nitobe, a career diplomat and scholar in his native Japan. First published in 1900, Bushido has enjoyed great popularity ever since, and has been reprinted many times. The current edition, however, is the first to preserve the content and voice of Nitobe's original while bringing the text into the 21st century and including explanations of obscure references.

The samurai warriors of Japan have fascinated generations of people worldwide. Simultaneously well-known and misunderstood, the samurai's existence is popularly depicted as one dominated by violence -- a life and death ruled by the sword. But there is much more to this elite class of warriors, and Nitobe thoroughly explores the samurai themselves -- their military traditions, their reverence for the sword, and how they lived their daily lives.

Nitobe discusses samurai values and beliefs, and explains how they translated into actions. He explores the lasting influence of Bushido and the samurai, whose legacy is perhaps most obvious to us today in Japanese martial arts. Not only did the samurai refine the technical aspects of the arts, they infused them with the spirit of Zen Buddhism, teaching that the highest mastery was attainable only by becoming one with yourself, your weapon and your opponent.

Inazo Nitobe was dedicated to a greater understanding between East and West at a time when Japan's engagement with the Western world was in its adolescence. Though his primary subject is the moral code upon which the samurai built and wielded their power, Nitobe quickly broadens his scope into an examination of nothing less than what the title of the book suggests -- the soul of Japan itself.

New to this edition are a short essay about the author, illustrations showing the samurai in their waning years, and an index.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Inazo Nitobe was born in September 1, 1862 in Iwate, Japan as the son of a samurai of the Morioka Clan. He was a scholar, educator and prolific writer. He graduated from the Sapporo Agricultural College in 1881. In 1884, he left Tokyo University before graduation and went to study in the United States, where he became a Quaker. After returning to Japan in 1891, he successively held important posts as Professor of the Sapporo Agricultural College, Professor of the Imperial University of Tokyo, and the first President of Tokyo Women's Christian University. One of his especially notable contributions was education based on the principal of personalism, which he implemented during his tenure as president at the First Higher School from 1906 to 1913. He was a typical cosmopolitan of the day and served as Under-Secretary General of the League of Nations from 1919 to 1926, and later as the chairman of the Japan Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations. In 1927, Nitobe was elected as a member of the House of Peers. He was a Doctor of Agriculture and a Doctor of Jurisprudence. He is famous for writing "Bushido; the Soul of Japan" (1900).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Japan & Stuff Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 4990284860
• ISBN 13: 9784990284862
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Éditeur: Kennedy Curtis
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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