On Inazō Nitobe's "Bushido: The Soul of Japan"
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Book Review - Bushido, the Soul of Japan
Writ large is a podcast about books that change the world. In this episode, i talk to harvard history professor David Howell about bushido,. A nineteenth century book that introduced traditional japanese morals to a western audience for the first time. Why did natobe, a quaker, want to write a book about the samurai? He says that his wife's and other acquaintances questions about obes were big inspiration.
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