Bushidō

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:-Translations from: Random House's Japanese-English, English-Japanese Dictionary

Others that are sometimes added to these:
*Nihongo|Filial piety|孝|kō
*Nihongo|Wisdom|智|chi
*Nihongo|Care for the aged|悌|tei

Modern bushido

Some people in Japan as well as other countries follow the same virtues listed above under the philosophical term "modern bushido". The idea was derived from the fact that the Japanese male should be able to adapt his beliefs and philosophies to a changing world.

In an excerpt of James Williams' article "Virtue of the sword", a fairly simple explanation of modern bushido can be found: [ [http://www.bugei.com/article.html excerpt of James Williams' article "Virtue of the sword"] ]

The warrior protects and defends because he realizes the value of others. He knows that they are essential to society and, in his gift of service, recognizes and values theirs... take the extra moment in dark parking lots at night to make sure that a woman gets into her car safely before leaving yourself. Daily involvement in acts such as these are as much a part of training as time spent in the dojo, and indeed should be the reason for that time spent training... When faced with a woman or child in a situation in which they are vulnerable, there are two types of men: those who would offer succor and aid, and those who would prey upon them.

It has been thought that the code of Bushido is dead as expressed by many swordsman. This is still being debated today. Many argue that it has passed away in this new era with the arrival of new cold and heartless guns and weapons. But there are those who think not. As it was famously put by Ali Armani the previous second strongest in the world.

"A swordsman's path shall never end, nor will the code of Bushido. As long as there's someone to protect, as long as there is someone to carry on the code of Bushido, it will not die. There will always be injustice and suffering, and one swordsman can't change the world, no matter how strong he or she is. But I can always protect those in my sight. I will always protect the weak and helpless, for that is the true code of Bushido and I shall achieve this without taking a single human life. There will always be someone who will carry on my will and hold the sword which I hold, and carry on the code for it is something that needs to be pure and true, not altered by greed or evil. So if one billion people follow it wrongfully, or just a handful follow it righteously, it is the handful that are the true and strongest of all."

Major figures associated with bushidō

*Miyamoto Musashi
*Morihei Ueshiba
*Yamaga Soko
*Yamamoto Tsunetomo
*Kato Kiyomasa
*Torii Mototada
*Ogami Itto
*Imagawa Ryoshun

ee also

*Aikido
*Battōjutsu - Japanese Martial Art - The Art of Drawing and Cutting with the Sword
*Budō
*Bushido_(rapper)
*Chivalry
*"Hagakure"
*Iaido - Japanese Martial Art - The Art of Drawing the Sword
*Japan
*Karate
*Kendo - Japanese Martial Art - The Way of Sword
*Jodo - Japanese Martial Art - The Way of Stick
*Jujutsu - Japanese Martial Art - "Gentle Art" an Unarmed Self Defense Art of the Samurai
*Judo - Japanese Martial Art - "Gentle Way" a Modern Sport Art derived from Jujutsu
*Kyokushin
*Rinzai Zen
*Samurai
*Shogun
*Virtue
*Warrior
*Zen
*Auron

*"Zen at War"
*Nitobe Inazo

References

External links and further reading

*William Scott Wilson, "Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors" (Kodansha, 1982) ISBN 0-89750-081-4
*Katsumata Shizuo with Martin Collcutt, "The Development of Sengoku Law," in Hall, Nagahara, and Yamamura (eds.), Japan Before Tokugawa: Political Consolidation and Economic Growth (1981), chapter 3.
*K. A. Grossberg & N. Kanamoto 1981, The Laws of the Muromachi Bakufu: Kemmu Shikimoku (1336) and Muromachi Bakufu Tsuikaho, MN Monographs (Sophia UP)
*Hall, John C. "Japanese Feudal Laws: the Magisterial Code of the Hojo Power Holders (1232) ." Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan 2nd ser. 34 (1906):
*"Japanese Feudal laws: The Ashikaga Code." Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan 1st ser. 36 (1908):
*John Allyn, "Forty-Seven Ronin Story" ISBN 0-8048-0196-7
*Imagawa Ryoshun, "The Regulations of Imagawa Ryoshun (1412 A.D.)"
* Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, " (1701 A.D.)"
*"The Message Of Master Gokurakuji--Hōjō Shigetoki (1198A.D.-1261A.D.)"
*" [http://www.historynet.com/satsuma-rebellion-satsuma-clan-samurai-against-the-imperial-japanese-army.htm Sunset of the Samurai] --The True Story of Saigo Takamori" Military History Magazine
*Onoda, Hiroo, " [http://www.trivia-library.com/b/history-of-survivor-hiroo-onoda-the-last-samurai-part-1.htm No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War.] " Trans. Charles S. Terry. (New York, Kodansha International Ltd, 1974) ISBN 1-55750-663-9
* [http://www.kodansha-intl.com/books/html/en/477002942X.html An interview with William Scott Wilson about Bushido]
* [http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/bushido/bindex.html Bushido Website] : a good definition of bushido, including [http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/bushido/bcreed.html The Samurai Creed]
* [http://www.williamscottwilson.net/ The website of William Scott Wilson] A 2005 recipient of the Japanese Government's Japan’s Foreign Minister’s Commendation, William Scott Wilson was honored for his research on Samurai and Bushido.
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/070070132X Hojo Shigetoki (1198-1261)and His Role in the History of Political and Ethical Ideas in Japan] by Carl Steenstrup; Curzon Press (1979)ISBN 0-7007-0132-X
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/9004104534 A History of Law in Japan Until 1868] by Carl Steenstrup; Brill Academic Publishers;second edition (1996) ISBN 90-04-10453-4
*"Bushido--The Soul of Japan" by Inazo Nitobe (1905)" (ISBN 0-8048-3413-X) — [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12096 Complete text online]
*"Budoshoshinshu - The Code of The Warrior" by Daidōji Yuzan (ISBN 0-89750-096-2) —
*"Hagakure-The Book of the Samurai" By Tsunetomo Yamamoto" (ISBN 4-7700-1106-7 paperback, ISBN 4-7700-2916-0 hardcover) — [http://www.blackmask.com/olbooks/hagakuredex.htm Complete text online] : The Hagakure [http://www.hyoho.com/Hagakure1.html Kikigaki]
*"Go Rin No Sho" - [http://www.nhk.or.jp/kumamoto/musashi/images/musashi_poster.jpgMiyamoto Musashi] (1645 A.D.) (ISBN 4-7700-2801-6 hardback, ISBN 4-7700-2844-X hardback Japan only) — [http://www.samurai.com/5rings/ Complete text online] :
*" [http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kendo/TheUnfetteredMind.pdf The Unfettered Mind - Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword master] " by Takuan Sōhō (Musashi's mentor) (ISBN 0-87011-851-X)
*"The Religion of the Samurai" (1913), study of zen philosophy and discipline in China and Japan, by Kaiten Nukariya, professor of Kei-o-gi-Jiku University and of So-To-Shu Buddhist College, Tokyo — [http://www.munseys.com/diskone/rosadex.htm Complete text online]
*"Tales of Old Japan" by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (1871) reprinted 1910 -- [http://www.munseys.com/disktwo/tajadex.htm Complete text online]
*" [http://home.att.net/~hofhine/Samurai.html Sakujiro Yokoyama's Account of a Samurai Sword Duel] "
*" [http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20021215a1.htm Death Before Dishonor] " By Masaru Fujimoto--Special to The Japan Times: Dec. 15, 2002
*Osprey, "Elite and Warrior Series" Assorted. [http://www.ospreysamurai.com/]
*Stephen Turnbull, “Samurai Warfare” (London, 1996), Cassell & Co ISBN 1-85409-280-4
*Lee Teng-hui, former President of the Republic of China, "武士道解題 做人的根本 蕭志強譯" in Chinese，前衛, "「武士道」解題―ノーブレス・オブリージュとは" in Japanese，小学館，(2003), ISBN 4093873704