Bushido: The Soul of Japan

Inazo Nitobe

⏱ 8 minWorld literature

The unwritten code of the samurai — rectitude, courage, benevolence, honor, and loyalty — explained to the West by the scholar who saw chivalry as the living soul of a nation. Nitobe's classic on the moral world behind the sword.

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