by Inazo Nitobe · Budostore · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782846170116
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«Bushido, l'âme du Japon» is Inazo Nitobe's essay on the samurai code, in paperback, in French.
The book presents bushido, the samurai code of honour, as a tradition that marked Japanese society for centuries. Inazo Nitobe analyses personal conduct, family relationships, public duties, education and ethics from this perspective, and explains how those values shaped the spirit of Japan.
The French edition, translated by Emmanuel Charlot, has 190 pages and was published in 2000.
For readers interested in Japanese philosophy, samurai culture and the history of Japan.
Nitobe Inazō was a Japanese agronomist, diplomat, political scientist, politician, and writer. He studied at Sapporo Agricultural College under the influence of its first president William S. Clark and later went to the United States to study agricultural policy. After returning to Japan, he served as a professor at Sapporo Agricultural College, Kyoto Imperial University, and Tokyo Imperial University, and the deputy secretary general of the League of Nations. He also devoted himself to women's education, helping to found the Tsuda Eigaku Juku and serving as the first president of Tokyo Woman's Christian University and president of the Tokyo Women's College of Economics. He was also a strong advocate for Japanese colonialism, and described Korean people as "primitive".
