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The Way of the Samurai

Deluxe Slipcase Edition

Inazo Nitobe

9781784282608
160 pages
Arcturus Publishing Limited
Overview
The book provides a fascinating exploration of the qualities of rectitude or justice, courage, politeness, veracity, honour, loyalty and self-control essential to the lives of the samurai.
Author Bio
Inazo Nitobe (1862–1933) was scholar and an educator. After studying at John Hopkins University he maintained his links with the US and tried through his academic career ‘to become a bridge across the Pacific’. He wrote Bushido: The Soul of Japan, published here as The Way of the Samurai, in 1899 and the book established his reputation in the West.