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Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
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Miyamoto Musashi · 110 pages
"'The Book of Five Rings' is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Written not only for martial artists but for anyone who wants to apply the timeless principles of this text to their life, the book analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction. 'The Book of Five Ri
The Life-Giving Sword: Secret Teachings from the House of the Shogun
Yagyu Munenori · 192 pages
Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke
Daidoji Yuzan, Oscar Ratti · 128 pages
"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 Shoshin
A Brief History of the Samurai (Brief History
Jonathan Clements · 356 pages
Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai
Kokichi Katsu · 178 pages
Shōgun
James Clavell · 979 pages
After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen--Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and free
Chūshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers): A Puppet Play
Izumo Takeda, Miyoshi Shoraku, Namiki Sosuke · 183 pages
The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori
Mark J. Ravina · 265 pages
The dramatic arc of Saigo Takamori's life, from his humble origins as a lowly samurai, to national leadership, to his death as a rebel leader, has captivated generations of Japanese readers and now Americans as well - his life is the inspiration for a major Hollywood film, The Last Samurai, starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. In this vibrant new biography, Mark Ravina, professor of history and D
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
D.T. Suzuki · 136 pages
One of the world’s leading authorities on Zen Buddhism, D. T. Suzuki was the author of more than a hundred works on the subject in both Japanese and English, and was most instrumental in bringing the teachings of Zen Buddhism to the attention of the Western world. Written in a lively, accessible, and straightforward manner, An Introduction to Zen Buddhism is illuminating for the serious student
The Book of Tea
Kakuzo Okakura · 54 pages
Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism - Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity
Flame in the Mist
Renee Ahdieh · 392 pages
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn, comes a sweeping, action-packed YA adventure set against the backdrop of Feudal Japan where Mulan meets Tamora Pierce.The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place--she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always