The comprehensive and accurate edition of the Hagakure is a must-have for serious martial artists or fans of samurai and the bushido code.The Hagakure is one of the most influential of all Japanese texts--written nearly 300 years ago by Yamamoto Tsunetomo to summarize the very essence of the Japanese Samurai bushido ("warrior") spirit. Its influence has been felt throughout the world, and yet its existence is scarcely known to many Westerners. This is the first translation to include the complete first two books of the Hagakure and the most reliable and authentic passages contained within the third book; all other English translations published previously have been fragmentary and incomplete.
Alex Bennett's wholly new and highly readable translation of this essential work includes extensive footnotes that serve to fill in many cultural and historical gaps in the previous translations. This unique combination of readability and scholarship gives Hagakure: The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai a distinct advantage over all previous English editions.
- ISBN10 4770029160
- ISBN13 9784770029164
- Publish Date 29 July 2002 (first published 1 June 1981)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 January 2012
- Publish Country JP
- Publisher Kodansha America, Inc
- Imprint Kodansha International Ltd
- Edition Special edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English