num_pages: 108
description: The Code of the Samurai is a unique treatise on the rules by which the aristocratic warrior class of Japan lived and worked during the age of the shoguns. Every aspect of their lives in covered, from the proper way to sleep at night, to how to treat your wife, to how to survive political infighting. This book offers a fascinating insight into how deeply present-day Japan, while breaking records and barriers, is tied to feudal traditions and values.More than theory or speculations, The Code of the Samurai is a must read if you wish to understand the soul of Japan.
language: Japanese
title: The Code of the Samurai
titlecomplete: The Code of the Samurai
genres: History, Classics, Japan, Eastern Philosophy, Asia, Philosophy, Japanese Literature, War, Martial Arts, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 3144
publisher: Tuttle Pub