Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinsu

The influence of the samurai, and their code of bushido, on the manners and morals of Japan cannot be measured. This code outlined a system of honor, which every "gentleman warrior" was expected to follow. This samurai code of chivalry is revealed in the Code of the Samurai as in no other book on the subject. Originally written in the 16th century by Daidoji Yuzan, a strategist and military advisor who lived under the rule of six shoguns, it is, more than anything else, a textbook written for the aristocratic warrior class on how to be a knight. It has much to offer the "warrior knight" in our modern society. Hardcover.