Bushido, the Soul of Japan

Inazo Nitobe's seminal work, "Bushido: The Soul of Japan," intricately explores the ethical framework and spiritual ethos of the samurai class, seeking to illuminate the moral underpinnings that have shaped Japanese culture. Written in fluent English during the Meiji era, Nitobe's prose marries eloquent philosophical inquiry with rich historical narrative, presenting bushido not merely as a code o...