The Pocket Hagakure av Yamamoto Tsunetomo, William Scott Wilson

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<b>The definitive translation of the seminal treatise on the code of the samurai.</b><br><br>Living and dying with bravery and honor is at the heart of <i>Hagakure</i>, a series of over 1,300 short texts written by eighteenth-century samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo. These texts illuminate the classic Japanese concept of <i>bushido</i> (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 guide, making it one of the most thorough and astonishing windows into the captivating world of the samurai available.<br><br> This edition includes an introduction that delves into the Zen concept of <i>muga</i>, or “death” of the ego, giving an in-depth historical and philosophical background for the more metaphorical reading of <i>Hagakure </i>that is based on Tsunetomo’s reference