Bushido Explained by Bennett, Alexander -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Contents What is Bushido? Chapter 1: Historical Overview

1. No Picnic in the Province 2. The Rise of the Bushidan 3. The Big Boys 4. The Hogen Disturbance (1156) 5. The Heiji Disturbance (1160) 6. The Genpei War (1180–85) 7. A New Tent Government (Bakufu) 8. Kamakura’s Decline 9. A New Regime 10. The Squabbling Continues 11. Chaos Rules in the Warring States 12. Three Unifiers 13. Order at Last 14. The End of Warrior Rule 15. In Summary

Chapter 2: The Profession of Arms

1. Rituals of War 2. Evolution of Warfare

The Big Day Prize Giving

3. Weapons and Armor

The Bow Swords Long Weapons Firearms Unarmed Combat Yoroi The Emergence of Martial Art Schools (Ryuha) Yagyu Munenori and Heiho Kadensho Miyamoto Musashi and Gorin-no-sho The Evolution of Martial Arts Bugei Juhappan Martial Arts as Vehicles for Self-perfection Seppuku (Harakiri) Vengeance

Chapter 3: The Medieval Warrior Ethos

1. The Brush and the Sword 2. Polishing the Mind 3. A Timeless Letter 4. Relieve Suffering 5. The Record of Kai 6. Supreme Numskull 7. Dimly Bright 8. Chicken Heart 9. Inordinately Able

Chapter 4: Tokugawa Samurai Ideals

1. Coexistence of War and Culture 2. Reinterpreting the Warrior’s Role 3. Reconciling War with Compassion 4. Shido and Dedication to Duty 5. War is Evil 6. War is Justifiable, Sometimes 7. Die in Your Bed 8. The Way of Self-Cultivation 9. To Die, or Not to Die 10. A Shinto Outlook 11. A Zen Outlook 12. Modern Martyr 13. The Right Path

Chapter 5: Nitobe Inazo’s Bushido

1. Making Westerners Understand 2. The Ingredients of Bushido 3. To Do What is Right 4. Equilibrium Between Hard and Soft 5. A Samurai’s Word 6. Honor Above All 7. The Duty of Allegiance 8. Training Body and Mind 9. Filtering Down to the Masses

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