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Traces the development of the samurai, both in the way they regarded themselves and their role in society. Catharina Blomberg (Author).

Traces the development of the samurai, both in the way they regarded themselves and their role in society. ISBN-13: 978-1873410134. Why is ISBN important? ISBN. The 13-digit and 10-digit formats both work.

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Home Browse Books Book details, The Heart of the Warrior: Origins and Religious. The Heart of the Warrior: Origins and Religious Background of the Samurai System in Feudal Japan. By Catharina Blomberg. His religion, like Chivalry, has its own ethic, which has its faithful and may have its martyrs. Frédéric Jouon des Longrais. The samurai in full and resplendent armour springs suddenly out of the pages of the early Kamakura period war chronicles, Gunki Monogatari, not unlikePallas Athene emerging fully armed from the forehead of her father Zeus.

The Heart of the Warrior: Origins and Religious Background of the Samurai System in Feudal Japan. The Culture of Japan as Seen through Its Leisure. p. 223. ISBN 0791437914. a b Sepp Linhart; Sabine Frühstück (1998).

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As professional warriors the bushi contravened one of the central religious tenets, the injunction against taking life, common to Buddhism and Shinto. Observance of the principle of loyalty until death, and indeed for the duration of several existences, justified their actions. From their origins as provincial men-at-arms the samurai, or more correctly bushi, evolved into a warrior nobility which for seven centuries held supreme power in Japan. This book traces the development of their concept of chivalrous behaviour and strict code of honour, later known as Bushido, 'the Way of the Warrior'.

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From their origins as provincial men-at-arms the samurai, or more correctly bushi, evolved into a warrior nobility which for seven centuries held supreme power in Japan. The manner in which the bushi regarded themselves and their role in society, and the awe they inspired, has earned them an almost mythical status as well as widespread interest.