Bushito - The Way of the Samurai

Bushito, or the way of the samurai, is often portrayed as an ancient ethic dating back centuries to japan's mediaeval past. But many people don't realize that bushydo, the term itself, was not actually widely used before the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. Doctor oleg ben sh an, historian at york university in the u k says the story of the samarise code of honor is not as te hashe thinks. It was really a construction that occurred as japan was modernizing and industrializing in the late nineteenth century.