by Wolfgang Schwentker · Tapa dura · ISBN 9788467263145
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«Los Samuráis» is Wolfgang Schwentker's historical essay, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (157 pages, in Spanish).
Wolfgang Schwentker traces more than a thousand years of samurai history: their origin, their rise as Japan's social and political elite, and their decline after the Meiji Restoration. A renowned expert on Japanese history, the author explains bushidô, or the 'way of the warrior', and how the image of the samurai lives on in literature, film, politics and economics.
The original was published in 2006; this edition dates from 2015, and the translation is by María del Carmen Arias.
For readers interested in the history of Japan, bushidô and the imprint of this warrior caste on contemporary culture.
