Hagakure, or Hidden in the Leaves

"Hagakur, or hidden in the foliage" is the famous treatise on the Code of Honor of the Samurai (Busido), designed in the canons of Zen Buddism, Shintoism and Confucianism, and compiled on the basis of conversations with the XVII century Samurai, Tsunetomo Yamamoto, who became a Buddhist monk under the name of Dzethe Yamamoto. These stories about combat valor and military duty, conscience and responsibility recorded by one of the students of the jet, are not a collection of commandments, but an original methodology for knowing the world and comprehending wisdom. “Perhaps "Hagakurse" is initially a paradox book,” wrote the modern classic Yukio Mishima. - During the war, she radiated light, but in the middle of the white day he was not very noticeable, and only in the darkness the book shone for real. This book professes freedom. This book appeals to the heat of hearts.
Published in Japanese - most of the previous publications "Hagakurse" in Russian took an English translation as a basis