"Hagakure: The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai" - A Paperback Guide to Ancient Japanese Samurai Principles (May 27, 2014)

Amazon Customer: This book’s insights are engaging immediately upon reading. The author’s translations and depth of historical context helps to put reader in the period it was written. The core values of Hagakure are mentioned early and frequently to remind the reader of the duty-bound retainers of the era. Samurai lovers, MUST BUY.

United States on Feb 03, 2024

Davide domingues: Gutes buch

Germany on Oct 29, 2023

Magic Jack: Give as a gift to a friend who raves about the book's insights and background on the subject.

United States on Jun 22, 2023

vc: Good book, recommend.

United Kingdom on Jun 15, 2023

Nick: Japanese history translated perfectly with beautiful annotations and notes to explain the premise behind the words.

United States on Mar 10, 2023

Victor Hidalgo: llegó en buen estado y se ve bien todo!

Mexico on Mar 19, 2021

Alvar: I bought this for someone else but I read it before when I was in high school. If you're into Japanese martial arts and history, this is one of the fundamental must-read books, like it's a big name book for that and probably in the top ten list for such topics. The book quality is good and I liked this version. I no longer have the book on me to write an extensive review but I would probably buy this again for myself later on. The price is great too for what you get.

United States on Nov 30, 2020

Andrea Z: Si trovano in giro un'infinità di traduzioni dell'Hagakure, alcune grossolanamente incomplete o reinterpretate. non dico che questa sia la migliore perché a questo punto è difficile capire quale corrisponda di più all'originale. Ciò detto, il testo appare molto completo e vicino allo stile dell'opera originale di cui non conosco che alcuni brani (rivisti) in lingua giapponese moderna. Utilissime le note e sobria l'interpretazione, come si addice agli argomenti trattati.

Italy on Jan 11, 2019

Jerrod: If you are a martial artist, interested in the history of martial arts or, like me, you loved the movie Ghost Dog, this is a book you’d like to have in your collection. It’s longer than you may expect, and the commentaries about the Hagakure inside take up a large portion of the text. So make sure you’re ready for a 300 page book if you buy this copy.

United States on Jun 29, 2018

Vinylspinner: This translation needs no recommendation to the readers interested in martial arts, medieval history or Japanese literature. Security professionals, Fortune 500 executives and those already having it on their must-read list need no recommendation either.Instead, I would like to recommend this book to the reader who might never consider reading it, or worse, who would put it aside after seeing flashy cover and skimming through the Introduction.There is a strong reason for that.To any Westerner unfamiliar with it, Bushido could be best described by using Michel Foucault's terms 'technology of the self' and 'caring for oneself'(epimeleia heautou). It is true art (techne) that provides necessary preparation skills (paraskeue), influenced by the time and field-tested Neo-Confucianism, Zen and Buddhism. However, Bushido resonates familiar to anyone who read Epictetus or Marcus Aurelius. Therefore, in an indirect way, Bushido reminds us Westerners of our own Classical roots, mostly lost and forgotten in the West.That is why Hagakure is timeless, and not limited to martial arts only, if read in a wider context. Jim Jarmusch used Hagakure as a loose framework for 'Ghost Dog', set in a...

Canada on Jul 13, 2016