Hagakure: Book of the Samurai

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Living and dying with bravery and honor is at the heart of Hagakure, a series of texts written by an eighteenth-century samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo. It is a window into the samurai mind, illuminating the concept ofbushido (the Way of the Warrior), which dictated how samurai were expected to behave, cond...