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Hagakure
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Hagakure
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
The seminal treatise on the code of the samurai--now available as a Shambhala Pocket Classic.
Hagakure is a treatise on the samurai code written by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, an eighteenth-century samurai. It's a guide, organized as a loose collection of thoughts, on how samurai should conduct themselves. This philosophy--bushido, or "the way of the samurai"--is, according to Tsunetomo, essentially a Way of death or dying. This embracing of death with honor and courage is the core theme of Hagakure--and part of its allure.
This edition, translated by the esteemed translator William Scott Wilson, is considered the definitive version of this classic. No other translator has so thoroughly and eruditely rendered this text into English. Wilson's introduction casts Hagakure in a different light than ever before. In Tsunetomo's time, the Way of death was a nuanced concept that related heavily to the Zen idea of the death of the ego. Wilson's introduction gives the historical and philosophical background for that more metaphorical reading of Hagakure, and through this lens, the classic takes on a fresh and nuanced appeal.
416 pages
Media | Boeken Paperback Book (Boek met zachte kaft en gelijmde rug) |
Vrijgegeven | 1 december 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9781611801873 |
Uitgevers | Shambhala Publications Inc |
Pagina's | 416 |
Afmetingen | 78 × 118 × 28 mm · 146 g |
Taal en grammatica | Engels |
Deelnemer | William Scott Wilson |
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