Tales of the Samurai: Stories Illustrating Bushido, the Moral Principles of the Japanese Knighthood

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Mar 14, 2025

In Category - Short Stories

Authors: Asataro Miyamori In Year : 1920

Book Language: English

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Preface
Ungo-Zenji
The Loyalty of a Boy Samurai
Katsuno's Revenge: Part I
Katsuno's Revenge: Part II
Katsuno's Revenge: Part III
Katsuno's Revenge: Part IV
Katsuno's Revenge: Part V
Katsuno's Revenge: Part VI
Katsuno's Revenge: Part VII
Katsuno's Revenge: Part VIII
Katsuno's Revenge: Part IX
A Wedding Present
The Heroism of Torii Katsutaka
The Wrestling of a Daimio
The Story of Kimura Shigenari: Part I
The Story of Kimura Shigenari: Part II
The Story of Kimura Shigenari: Part III
Honest Kyusuke

The following tales of the samurai, the knights of old Japan, are based largely on real facts. They have been adapted from among traditional stories related by kōdanshi, story-tellers, who nightly delight large audiences with romances and historical stories, especially the noble deeds of the samurai. There are also numerous Japanese books and magazines devoted to stories of this description, which are read with keen interest by all classes of our countrymen, in particular by young people. It is true the samurai class has gone forever along with feudalism; but fortunately or unfortunately the Japanese at large are samurai in a sense. During the last half century European civilization has revolutionized Japanese society, both for better and for worse. In institutions political and social, in manners and customs, in arts and literature, the Japanese have lost many of their characteristics; yet it may safely be said that the sentiments, motives and moral principles of the samurai in some measure remain in the bedrock of their character in their subconsciousness, so to speak. The Japanese of to-day are intellectually almost cosmopolitans, but emotionally they are still samurai to no small degree. -- From the author's preface.