Table of Contents

Preface

Note on the Author

1. Bushido as an Ethical System
2. Sources of Bushido
3. Rectitude or Justice
4. Courage, the Spirit of Daring and Bearing
5. Benevolence, the Feeling of Distress
6. Politeness
7. Veracity or Truthfulness
8. Honour
9. The Duty of Loyalty
10. Education and Training of a Samurai
11. Self-Control
12. The Institutions of Suicide and Redress
13. The Sword, the Soul of the Samurai
14. The Training and Position of Woman
15. The Influence of Bushido
16. Is Bushido Still Alive?
17. The Future of Bushido

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About the Author

Born in 1862, Inazo Nitobe began learning English at the age of nine. He entered Tokyo Imperial University before studying politics and international relations at John Hopkins University. Nitobe taught at Sapporo Agricultural College from 1891 to 1897, before moving to the USA, where Bushido: The Soul of Japan was published in 1900. From 1903 to 1919 he held a professorship at Kyoto Imperial University. Following the end of World War I, he attended the Versailles Peace Conference in 1918, then became an under secretary of the League of Nations. He was also the chairman of the Institute of Pacific Relations from 1929 until his death in 1933. Nitobe published many scholarly books as well as books for general readers.