The Pocket Hagakure
The Book of the Samurai
$28.70
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
24 September 2019
Summary
Living and dying with bravery and honor is at the heart of Hagakure, a series of over 1,300 short texts written by eighteenth-century samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo. These texts illuminate the classic Japanese concept of bushido (the Way of the Warrior), which dictated how samurai were expected to behave, conduct themselves, live, and die. Acclaimed translator William Scott Wilson has selected and translated here three hundred of those texts to create an accessible distillation of this g…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781611806991 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1611806992 |
| Author: | Yamamoto Tsunetomo, William Scott Wilson |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 170mm x 110mm |
| Series: | Shambhala Pocket Library |
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About The Author
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
William Scott Wilson is the foremost translator into English of traditional Japanese texts on samurai culture. He received BA degrees from Dartmouth College and the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies, and an MA in Japanese literary studies from the University of Washington. His best-selling books include The Book of Five Rings; The Unfettered Mind; and The Lone Samurai, a biography of Miyamoto Musashi.
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