Description
An exploration of the Japanese military tradition--and how these ancient martial strategies still inform modern behavior
Military rule and the martial tradition of the samurai dominated Japanese culture for more than eight hundred years. According to Thomas Cleary--translator of more than thirty-five classics of Asian philosophy--the Japanese people have been so steeped in the way of the warrior that some of the manners and mentality of this outlook remain embedded in their individual and collective consciousness. Cleary shows how well-known attributes such as the reserve and mystery of formal Japanese behavior are deeply rooted in the ancient strategies of the traditional arts of war. Citing original Japanese sources that are popular among Japanese readers today, he reveals the hidden forces behind Japanese attitudes and conduct in political, business, social, and personal life.
Author: Thomas Cleary
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 05/10/2005
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.10w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781590302453
ISBN10: 1590302451
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia | Japan
- History | Military | Strategy
- Philosophy | Eastern
Military rule and the martial tradition of the samurai dominated Japanese culture for more than eight hundred years. According to Thomas Cleary--translator of more than thirty-five classics of Asian philosophy--the Japanese people have been so steeped in the way of the warrior that some of the manners and mentality of this outlook remain embedded in their individual and collective consciousness. Cleary shows how well-known attributes such as the reserve and mystery of formal Japanese behavior are deeply rooted in the ancient strategies of the traditional arts of war. Citing original Japanese sources that are popular among Japanese readers today, he reveals the hidden forces behind Japanese attitudes and conduct in political, business, social, and personal life.
Author: Thomas Cleary
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 05/10/2005
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.10w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781590302453
ISBN10: 1590302451
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia | Japan
- History | Military | Strategy
- Philosophy | Eastern
About the Author
Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.
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