![]() ![]() ![]() The author seems very calm, sane and without anger, and while I suspect no one would call him Enlightened, it reads without malice. ![]() The book is very much about loyalty-so much so that it is bound to conflict with modern and especially American views of independence, bootstrapping, etc.Because it is written in small chunks without a specific plot or flow, I found the book to be great as a 'daily reader'. As is more realistic and pure samurai teachings, this focuses less on swordplay than do most of the contemporary 20th and 21st century movies. Hagakure is a compilation or thread of the most meaningful and 'best' of the manuscript.The book is a mix of advice, stories, Buddhist teachings and koans, and direction on how to be the best samurai possible. By 1716 the conversations ended, the result was a large manuscript. Tsunetomo had become a monk after the death of his 'Master' in 1700. For seven years, the scribe sat and had conversations with Tsunetomo. This book was scribed by a younger samurai who sat basically at the deathbed of the samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo. ![]()
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