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Written nearly 300 years ago, the \u003ci\u003eHagakure\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most influential of all Japanese texts. Its power has been felt throughout the world, and yet its existence is barely known to Westerners. 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Remarkably, this masterpiece of “culture by distance” remains unsurpassed even today in providing insights on Japan and the distinctive Japanese way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough over fifty reprintings, this classic has made an indelible contribution to the study of Japanese culture, not only in the classroom but within popular culture in the United States and throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warrior Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48983998922969,"sku":"9784805314913","price":17.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/2688\/9689\/files\/9784805314913.jpg?v=1784603935"},{"product_id":"book-code-of-the-samurai-by-thomas-cleary","title":"Book: Code of the Samurai by Thomas Cleary","description":"\u003cp\u003eHard Cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA powerful contemporary translation of the classic treatise of the Way of the Warrior - still the core of Japanese social political and corporate structure - as compelling now as when it was first written 400 years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLearn the ways of the Japanese Bushido Code with this very readable, modern translation of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBushido Shoshinshu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCode of the Samurai\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a four-hundred-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBushido\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the Japanese Way of the Warrior. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBushido\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas played a significant role in shaping the behavior of modern Japanese government, corporations, society, and individuals, as well as in developing modern Japanese martial arts within Japan and internationally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Japanese original of this book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBushido Shoshinshu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBushido for Beginners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), has been one of the primary sources on the tenets of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBushido\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a way of thought that remains fascinating and relevant to the modern world, East and West. This handbook, written after five hundred years of military rule in Japan, was composed to provide practical and moral instruction for warriors, correcting wayward tendencies and outlining the personal, social, and professional standards of conduct characteristic of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBushido\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the Japanese chivalric tradition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith a bright, conversational narrative by Thomas Cleary and powerfully evocative line drawings by master illustrator Oscar Ratti, this book is indispensable to corporate executives, students of Asian Culture, martial artists, or anyone sincerely interested in Japan and its people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warrior Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48984081367257,"sku":"9780804831901","price":17.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/2688\/9689\/files\/9780804831901.jpg?v=1784605867"},{"product_id":"book-budo-mind-and-body-by-nicklaus-suino","title":"Book: Budo Mind and Body by Nicklaus Suino","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraining Secrets of the Japanese Martials Arts - Budo Mind and Body by Nicklaus Suino\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBudo is about learning more than how to fight; true budo is a way of seeking and uncovering meaning in life. Here Nicklaus Suino one of the leading iaido teachers in North America gives expert advice on how to get the most from training in traditional Japanese martial arts such as iaido kendo aikido judo kyudo and karate-do. 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Together, these seven values create a system of beliefs that is unique to Japanese philosophy and culture, and is still alive today. Inazō Nitobe, one of Japan’s foremost scholars, thoroughly explores each of these values and explains how they differ from their Western counterparts. Until you understand the philosophy behind the ethics, you will never fully grasp what it meant to be a Samurai—what it meant to have Bushido.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Bushido, Nitobe points out similarities between Western and Japanese history and culture. 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This samurai philosophy book contains the first English translations of their seminal writings on Bushido. Cleary not only provides clear and readable translations but comprehensive notes introducing the social, political, and organisational principles that defined Samurai culture their loyalty to family, their sense of service and duty, and their political strategies for dealing with allies and enemies. These writings introduce the reader to the authentic world of Zen culture and the secrets behind the Samurai's success being in the moment and freeing the mind from all distractions, allowing you to react instantaneously and instinctively without thinking.In these classic works we learn that Zen mental control and meditational training were as important to the Samurai as swordsmanship and fighting skills.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warrior Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48984131502297,"sku":"9780804848954","price":11.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/2688\/9689\/files\/9780804848954.jpg?v=1784608181"},{"product_id":"book-soul-of-the-samurai-by-thomas-cleary-1","title":"Book: Soul of the Samurai by Thomas Cleary","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoul of the Samurai - Modern Translations of Three Classic Works of Zen and Bushido by Thomas Cleary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSoul of the Samurai\u003c\/i\u003e respected author and translator Thomas Cleary reveals the true essence of the Bushido code or Zen warrior teachings according to 17th-century Japanese samurai master Yagyu Munenori and his Zen teacher Takuan Soho.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe three works of Zen Bushido translated in \u003ci\u003eSoul of the Samurai\u003c\/i\u003e are:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Sword\u003c\/i\u003e by Yagyu Munenori\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Inscrutable Subtlety of Immovable Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e by Takuan Soho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Peerless Sword\u003c\/i\u003e by Takuan Soho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYagyu was a renowned swordsman and chief of the Shogun's secret police while Takuan was the Zen spiritual mentor to the Emperor. 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