Bushido
The Soul of Japan
$35.26
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2017
Summary
A century ago, when Japan was transforming itself from an isolated feudal society into a modern nation, a Japanese educator queried about the ethos of his people composed this seminal work, which with his numerous other writings in English made him the best, known Japanese writer in the West during his lifetime.
He found in Bushido, the Way of the Warrior, the sources of the virtues most admired by his people: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor, loy…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781568364407 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1568364407 |
| Author: | Inazo Nitobe |
| Publisher: | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Imprint: | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 358g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 141mm x 197mm |
| Series: | High Interest Books: Way of the Warrior |
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Critics Review
“Very strongly recommended reading for students of Japanese cultural history and the martial arts, Bushido: The Soul of Japan is a powerful presentation and a moving book with ideas as relevant today as they were 100 years ago.” —Midwest Book Review
Inazo Nitobe
Inazo Nitobe
Born in 1862, Inazo Nitobe began his English studies at the age of nine. He entered the Sapporo Agricultural College in 1877 and Tokyo Imperial University in 1883. In the United States, he studied politics and international relations at Johns Hopkins University from 1884 to 1887. From 1887 to 1890, he studied at several universities in Germany, receiving a doctorate in agricultural economics, the first of five he would obtain.
As an educator, Nitobe first taught at Sapporo Agricultural College. Between 1903 and 1919, he held a professorship at Kyoto Imperial University, served as headmaster of the First Higher School in Tokyo, and then became a professor at Tokyo Imperial University. He was also the first president of Tokyo Women’s Christian University.
In public service, Nitobe was a colonial administrator in Taiwan from 1901 to 1903. In 1918, he attended the Versailles Peace Conference and subsequently became an under-secretary of the League of Nations. He was a member of the House of Peers from 1926 to 1933 and, from 1929 to 1933, served as chairman of the Institute of Pacific Relations.
While still at Tokyo Imperial University, Nitobe expressed a desire to act as a bridge between East and West. He died in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1933, while on such a mission, leading a Japanese delegation to an international conference in Canada.
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