Publisher's Synopsis
Collected here in one edition are two of the most important books on the Samurai Way Bushido: The Soul of Japan and The Book of Five Rings.Bushido: Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than its emblem the cherry blossom; nor is it a dried-up specimen of an antique virtue preserved in the herbarium of our history. It is still a living object of power and beauty among us.The Book of Five Rings: There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning the Way of healing as a doctor as a poet teaching the Way of Waka tea archery and many arts and skills. Generally speaking the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.
