Hagakure (Kyūjitai: 葉隱 Shinjitai: 葉隠 meaning Hidden by the Leaves or hidden leaves), or Hagakure Kikigaki (葉隠聞書) is a practical and spiritual guide for a warrior, drawn from a collection of commentaries by the clerk Yamamoto Tsunetomo, former retainer to Nabeshima Mitsushige, the third ruler of what is now Saga Prefecture in Japan. Thinking about who Tsunetomo was can arguably make the book more interesting - it's his romanticized, idyllic vision of what samurai are (or were) supposed to be.more This doesn't mean it isn't an interesting book. Yes, that's right - the author was some pencil-pusher for the state. The book was written after 100 years of peace in Japan, when the samurai class was transforming into an administrative class. Thinki It irks me that people don't know the history of this book.Ī lot of people seem to read it assuming that it's some sort of rule book that the samurai class carried around in their kimonos so as to follow its writings without err. A lot of people seem to read it assuming that it's some sort of rule book that the samurai class carried around in their kimonos so as to follow its writings without err. It irks me that people don't know the history of this book.
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