{"product_id":"way-of-the-samurai-by-inazo-nitobe-hardcover-208-pages-english","title":"Way of the Samurai","description":"[Arcturus Publishing Limited]\n\nThis luxurious gift edition presents Inazo Nitobe's classic work, The Way of the Samurai, featuring stenciled page edges and full-color illustrations.\n\nTo many people, the word samurai conjures images of menacing masks, long blades and elaborate armor. However, this classic text by Inazo Nitobe reveals the greater depths to samurai culture - they were not simply warriors but an aristocratic class who practiced literary and military arts in equal measure.\n\nEssential to this way of life was the samurai's moral code and the quality of bushido, roughly translated as chivalry. The Way of the Samurai provides an intriguing exploration of bushido and other valued qualities such as rectitude or justice, courage, politeness, veracity, honor, loyalty and self-control. It also explores the samurai's more violent traditions, such as the chilling act of hara-kiri or self-immolation.\n\nThis mixture of chivalric principles with brutal warfare is fascinating. While many aspects of samurai culture have disappeared, its principles still have resonance in modern Japanese society and around the globe.\n\nFeaturing beautiful full-color illustrations, this luxurious gold-embossed hardback makes a perfect gift.\n\nAbout the Series: The Arcturus Luxury Classics series brings together deluxe gift editions of classic works of literature, complete with stenciled page edges, gold embossed cover designs, full-color illustrations and beautiful patterned endpapers.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67880725315810,"sku":"9781398840775","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/3045\/3474\/files\/ae94b78daf5fc359b782260b6ee4a4047bd13211284c702070863f09837c5044.jpg?v=1793676625","url":"https:\/\/www.talkinganimalsbooks.com\/products\/way-of-the-samurai-by-inazo-nitobe-hardcover-208-pages-english","provider":"Talking Animals Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}