by Inazo Nitobe · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781974126415
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«Bushido: The Soul of Japan» is Inazo Nitobe's essay on the samurai ethical code, published by CreateSpace in paperback (58 pages, in English).
Written as Japan was modernizing, this essay explains Bushido, the way of the warrior, as the ethical code of the samurai. Nitobe details virtues such as rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honour, loyalty and self-control, and connects them with Buddhism, Shintoism and Confucianism, as well as with Western thought.
This edition, published in August 2017 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, falls under the category of Asian history.
Aimed at readers interested in the history and culture of Japan, samurai thought and the dialogue between East and West.
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".
