Bushido - Codul Samurailor

by Inazō Nitobe

Publicata in anul 1899, Bushidō – Codul samurailor scrisa de savantul japonez, Inazō Nitobe, este o lucrare clasica care exploreaza codul moral si etic al samurailor japonezi, cunoscut sub numele de Bushido ce pune accent pe cumpatare, loialitate, maiestrie in artele martiale si moarte onorabila.

Lucrarea reprezinta o oglinda remarcabil de fidela a multora dintre caracteristicile si obiceiurile civilizatiei moderne japoneze, deoarece ne prezinta o traditie care s-a bucurat de o mare putere si prestigiu timp de secole. Codul samurailor ofera instructiuni practice si morale pentru război, dar si pentru a sublinia parametrii de conduita personala, sociala si profesionala caracteristice Bushido, sau Calea Razboinicului, traditia cavalereasca japoneza.

176 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2025

About the author

Nitobe Inazō (新渡戸 稲造; 1862 – 1933) was a Japanese agronomist, diplomat, political scientist, politician, and writer. His father Nitobe Jūjirō was a samurai and retainer to the local daimyō of the Nanbu clan. His grandfather was Nitobe Tsutō and his great-grandfather was Nitobe Denzō (Koretami). He was converted to Christianity under the strong legacy left by William S. Clark, the first Vice-Principal of the College, who had taught in Sapporo for eight months before Nitobe's class arrived in the second year after the opening ofthe college and so they never personally crossed paths. When the League of Nations was established in 1920, Nitobe became one of the Under-Secretaries General of the League, and moved to Geneva, Switzerland. Nitobe, however, is perhaps most famous in the west for his work Bushido: The Soul of Japan (1900), which was one of the first major works on samurai ethics and Japanese culture written originally in English for Western readers (The book was subsequently translated into Japanese and many other languages).