Samurai


A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
Musashi
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
Bushido: The Soul of Japan
The Way of the Warrior (Young Samurai, #1)
Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 01
Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke
Cloud of Sparrows (Samurai Series)
Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 1: The Ronin (Usagi Yojimbo, #1)
Taiko
Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, #1)
Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 02
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road (Lone Wolf and Cub, #1)
Blade of the Immortal, Volume 1: Blood of a Thousand
Shōgun by James ClavellAcross the Nightingale Floor by Lian HearnThe Ninja by Eric Van LustbaderThe Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. BorosonMusashi Book One by Eiji Yoshikawa
Martial Arts Fiction
276 books — 196 voters
The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto MusashiThe Art of War by Sun Tzu  by Sun TzuInstruction Manual for the 21st Century Samurai by Alexei Maxim RussellShōgun by James ClavellHagakure by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Samurai: The Best Books
39 books — 31 voters

Rainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellThe Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Japan
271 books — 82 voters

Introduction to Chain Mail by Liz CademyHow To Forge A Helmet by Joe PielaTechniques Of Medieval Armour Reproduction by Brian R. PriceThe Art of Making Armour by Rob Valentine
Books About Making Armor
4 books — 2 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellMusashi by Eiji YoshikawaTaiko by Eiji YoshikawaThe 47 Ronin Story by John AllynA Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
Top Samurai Novels
71 books — 103 voters

No matter how much you hate or how much you suffer, you can't bring the dead back to life ...more
Watsuki Nobuhiro

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot. The end is important in all things.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

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