Traces the development of the samurai, both in the way they regarded themselves and their role in society.
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a VERY schoalr approach to the samurai,
By Borbely Tamas (Budapest, Hungary) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Heart of the Warrior: Origins and Religious Background of the Samurai System in Feudal Japan (Hardcover)
I am presently translating the book into Hungarian so have to go into every detail of it. I feel the choice of topic is quite good, at last a book which does not only focus on Zen Buddhism but also gives information about other important factors of the religious lives of the bushi. However, the author does not seem to have organised her work very well, repetitions, inconsistencies are a characteristic feature of the book. After all, I recommend it to devotees of the area but it is definitely not a Sunday afternoon reading.
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The earliest representations in Japan of warriors in armour are to be found among the haniwa, burned clay figures which were placed on the keyhole-shaped grave mounds of the eponymous Kofun period (250-500 A.D.). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bushi stock, bushi women, buke families, provincial warriors, committing seppuku, warrior rule, committed seppuku, warrior nobility, sacred sword, warlike qualities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tokugawa Bakufu, Minamoto Yoritomo, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Kamakura Bakufu, Heike Monogatari, Gempei War, Buke Sho-Hatto, Meiji Restoration, Gunki Monogatari, Taira Kiyomori, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Minamoto Yoshitsune, Amida Buddha, Yamato Takeru, Kiso Yoshinaka, Oda Nobunaga, Zen Buddhism, Arai Hakuseki, Chu Hsi, Kemmu Code, Zen Buddhist, Ashikaga Bakufu, Ashikaga Takauji, Five Relations, Taika Reform New!
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The earliest representations in Japan of warriors in armour are to be found among the haniwa, burned clay figures which were placed on the keyhole-shaped grave mounds of the eponymous Kofun period (250-500 A.D.). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bushi stock, bushi women, buke families, provincial warriors, committing seppuku, warrior rule, committed seppuku, warrior nobility, sacred sword, warlike qualities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tokugawa Bakufu, Minamoto Yoritomo, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Kamakura Bakufu, Heike Monogatari, Gempei War, Buke Sho-Hatto, Meiji Restoration, Gunki Monogatari, Taira Kiyomori, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Minamoto Yoshitsune, Amida Buddha, Yamato Takeru, Kiso Yoshinaka, Oda Nobunaga, Zen Buddhism, Arai Hakuseki, Chu Hsi, Kemmu Code, Zen Buddhist, Ashikaga Bakufu, Ashikaga Takauji, Five Relations, Taika Reform New!
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