Status Updates From Hagakure

Tsunetomo’s blend of personal philosophy with samurai code is interesting. There are passages that evoke the western stoics, but there is less of a filter on the grime of the world. There’s an incident called the ‘Nagasaki Fight,’ where a man accidentally splashes mud on a samurai of another clan. Tsunetomo praises the samurai for taking revenge immediately, rather than waiting to take action (?)