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Daidōji Yūzan (大道寺友山, 1639 – December 11, 1730) was a samurai and military strategist of Edo period Japan.
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.

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Includes the names: Daidoji Yuzan, Taira Shigesuke, Taira Šigesuke, Yūzan Daidōji, Daidòji Yùzan, Shigesuke Taira, Taïra Shigésuké, Daidoji Yuzan Shigesuke, Daidôji Yûzan

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Has there ever been a society more stunted and repressed than feudal Japan? The concept of 'bushido', outlined here by Taira Shigesuke (1639-1730) and translated by Thomas Cleary, was key to this retardation. It preaches complete and utter deference and obedience in both mind and body to one's betters and to one's society. A warrior, we are told, "cannot fulfil his duties as long as he considers his body and life his own" (pg. 67); a "loyal" and proper follower of the bushido code "knows heshow more has an overlord; he doesn't know he has a self" (pg. 82). The book is not even well-written; it is an instruction manual with no poetry at all in the prose or the message it is communicating.

It is a code obsessed with how others perceive you, whether your minor error in etiquette has brought eternal shame o

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Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke

April 28, 2009

The Code of the Samurai is an example of one of the staples of literature since ancient times: the self-help/how-to guide. Sure, we like to think of that as a modern phenomena, but most literate societies have produced a book that tells you how to live, and feudal Japan was no different. This particular example is aimed at the young samurai, and attempts to instill in its reader good habits by first offering up advice on the mindset that is required of the samurai, then offering up examples of how not following the author's advice can end badly. Everything from family relations to day-to-day activities are covered, albeit briefly, as the book is a slim 98 pages long. The translator, Thomas F. Cleary, does not seem to have abridged the text, but he definitely gives it a modern slant, which can be seen as a good or bad thing depending on your aim in reading the book. As I read it out of curiosity, but as I was more interested in it from a historical perspective than a "personal de

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Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke

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 significant role in shaping the behavior of modern Japanese government, corporations, society, and individuals, as well as in developing 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.

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Daidōji Yūzan (大道寺友山, 163