Code of the samurai
Subtitle: a modern translation of the Bushidō shoshinshū
By: Thomas Cleary ; illustrated by Oscar Ratti.
Contributors: Cleary, Thomas F., 1949-; Ratti, Oscar.
Publisher: Tuttle Pub.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Bushido; Samurai -- Conduct of life
Work titles: Budō shoshinshū.
Description: "Code of the Samurai is a four-hundred-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido, the Japanese Way of the Warrior, which has played a major role in shaping the behavior of modern Japanese government, corporations, society, and individuals, as well as in shaping the modern martial arts within Japan and internationally. The Japanese original of this book, Bushido Shoshinshu, has been one of the prime sources on the tenets of Bushido.

With a clear, conversational narrative by Thomas Cleary, and line drawings by master illustrator Oscar Ratti, this book is indispensable to the corporate executive, student of Asian culture, and martial artist."--BOOK JACKET.