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Learn the ways of the Japanese Bushido Code with this very readable; modern translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu.Code of the Samurai is a four-hundred-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido; the Japanese Way of the Warrior. Bushido has played a major role in shaping the behavior of modern Japanese government; corporations; society; and individuals; as well as in shaping modern Japanese martial arts within Japan and internationally. The Japanese original of this book; Bushido Shoshinshu; (Bushido for Beginners); has been one of the primary sources on the tenets of Bushido; a way of thought that remains fascinating and relevant to the modern world; East and West. This handbook; written after five hundred years of military rule in Japan; was composed to provide practical and moral instruction for warriors; correcting wayward tendencies and outlining the personal; social; and professional standards of conduct characteristic of Bushido; the Japanese chivalric tradition.With a clear; conversational narrative by Thomas Cleary; one of the foremost translators of the wisdom of Asia; and powerfully evocative line drawings by master illustrator Oscar Ratti; this book is indispensable to the corporate executive; student of the Asian Culture; martial artist; those interested in Eastern philosophy or military strategy; as well as for those simply interested in Japan and its people.