Japanese Tradition Books


A Book of Five Rings List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $14.77 You save $0.18!	Bushido: The Classic Portrait of Samurai Martial Culture List Price: $12.95 Our Price: $11.77 You save $1.18!	Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinsu List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $12.77 You save $2.18!

About this book: One of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Written not only for martial artists but for anyone who wants to apply the timeless principles of this text to their life. Product Details: Author: Miyamoto Musashi Language: English Format: Softcover Pages: 95 Publisher: Overlook Press Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.4 Pounds Length: 8.2 Inches Width: 7.01 Inches Height: 0.35 Inches	About this book: This classic introduction to the chivalric code of honor of the samurai will appeal to a broad range of readers interested in Japanese philosophy, military history, and the samurai era. Product Details: Author: Inazo Nitobe Language: English Format: Softcover Pages: 137 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.5 Pounds Length: 7.5 Inches Width: 5 Inches Height: 0.5 Inches	About this book: Code of the Samurai is a four hundred year old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido, the Japanese Way of the Warrior, which has played a major role in shaping the behavior of modern Japanese government, corporations, society, and individuals, as well as in shaping the modern martial arts within Japan and internationally. Product Details: Author: Thomas F. Cleary and Yuzan Daidoji Illustrator: Oscar Ratti Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 98 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.6 Pounds Length: 8 Inches Width: 5.5 Inches Height: 0.3 Inches


Complete Kendo List Price: $19.95 Our Price: $17.77 You save $2.18!	Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai List Price: $8.95 Our Price: $8.77 You save $0.18!	Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors List Price: $16.95 Our Price: $16.77 You save $0.18!

About this book: A thorough introduction to the Japanese martial way of the sword and a guided tour of the principles and philosophy upon which the art is founded. Product Details: Author: John J. Donohue Language: English Format: Softcover Pages: 288 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.6 Pounds Length: 9.3 Inches Width: 6 Inches Height: 0.5 Inches	About this book: Outlines the ethical code of the samurai in a time when the martial skills of the warrior became redundant and his role was subsumed into governmental service. Product Details: Author: Yamamoto Tsunetomo Translated by: William Scott Wilson Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 180 Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.8 Pounds Length: 8 Inches Width: 5.5 Inches Height: 0.8 Inches	About this book: An anthology of 12 samurai manuscripts showing the meaning and guiding principles of samurai life. Product Details: Editor: William Scott Wilson Language: English Format: Softcover Pages: 144 Publisher: Black Belt Communications Inc Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.4 Pounds Length: 9 Inches Width: 6.3 Inches Height: 0.5 Inches


Ki in Daily Life List Price: $19.95 Our Price: $19.77 You save $0.18!	Kyudo: The Essence and Practice of Japanese Archery List Price: $34.95 Our Price: $34.77 You save $0.18!	Musashi List Price: $34.95 Our Price: $34.77 You save $0.18!

About this book: The author Koichi Tohei, founder of Ki Society International, presents the philosophical groundwork and specific disciplines by which the individual may attune himself or herself with the ki-life energy of the universe- and thrive in health and harmony, without fatigue or depression. Product Details: Author: Koichi Tohei Language: English Format: Softcover Pages: 140 Publisher: Japan Publications Trading Company Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.8 Pounds Length: 10.3 Inches Width: 7.3 Inches Height: 0.3 Inches	About this book: In Kyudo: The Essence and Practice of Japanese Archery, Hideharu Onuma and his American co-authors, Dan and Jackie DeProspero, explain in detail both the spiritual and practical aspects of kyudo. Product Details: Author: Hideharu Onuma, Dan Deprospero and Jackie Deprospero Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 176 Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc Book Dimensions: Weight: 1.6 Pounds Length: 10.5 Inches Width: 7.5 Inches Height: 0.8 Inches	About this book: The classic novel about the real exploits of Japan's most famous swordsman. Interweaving themes of unrequited love, misguided revenge and absolute dedication to the way of the samurai, it depicts a world now lost. Product Details: Author: Eiji Yoshikawa Translator: Charles Sanford Terry Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 992 Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc Book Dimensions: Weight: 2.5 Pounds Length: 8.5 Inches Width: 6.5 Inches Height: 1.8 Inches


Musashi's Book of Five Rings List Price: $13.95 Our Price: $12.77 You save $1.18!	Samurai Fighting Arts: The Spirit and the Practice List Price: $34.95 Our Price: $34.77 You save $0.18!	Samurai Strategies: 42 Martial Secrets from Musashi's Book of Five Rings List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $12.77 You save $2.18!

About this book: Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings is well known as a book of strategy. However, Musashi himself was a martial artist - the greatest warrior Japan has ever known and the Five Rings was his definitive treatise on mortal combat. Product Details: Author: Miyamoto Musashi and Steve Kaufman Language: English Format: Softcover Pages: 128 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.4 Pounds Length: 8.5 Inches Width: 5.5 Inches Height: 0.37 Inches	About this book: This book introduces the world of traditional Japanese martial arts and will provide readers with a deeper understanding of Bushido and Japan. Product Details: Author: Fumon Tanaka Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 230 Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc Book Dimensions: Weight: 2 Pounds Length: 10.3 Inches Width: 7.8 Inches Height: 1.01 Inches	About this book: The astounding transformation of tiny, resource-poor Japan into the world's second largest economy in the span of less than 30 years was due to the ongoing influence of an ancient samurai code of ethics-a code that once made the Japanese unbeatable warriors in hand-to-hand combat and which now makes them formidable strategists in business and other fields. Product Details: Author: Boye Lafayette de Mente Language: English Format: Softcover Pages: 128 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.4 Pounds Length: 8 Inches Width: 5.3 Inches Height: 0.3 Inches


Samurai Weapons: Tools of the Warrior List Price: $29.95 Our Price: $27.77 You save $2.18!	Samurai Wisdom: Lessons from Japan's Warrior Culture List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $22.77 You save $2.18!	Samurai: An Illustrated History List Price: $34.95 Our Price: $32.77 You save $2.18!

About this book: "Samurai Weapons" details how and why their arsenal included not only the sword of popular lore, but also a variety of other tools, including concealed weapons, improvised fighting tools, fans, truncheons and pole arms. Product Details: Author: Don Cunningham Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 179 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Book Dimensions: Weight: 1.4 Pounds Length: 9.5 Inches Width: 6 Inches Height: 1.01 Inches	About this book: One of the best known translators of the wisdom of Asia, Thomas Cleary now adds a new book to his samurai canon with "Samurai Wisdom," new translations of five classic works on "bushido." Product Details: Author: Thomas Cleary Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 256 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.8 Pounds Length: 8.5 Inches Width: 5.5 Inches Height: 1.3 Inches	About this book: "Samurai: An Illustrated History" brings the violent, tumultuous, and, at the same time, elegant world of the medieval Japanese samurai to life. Product Details: Author: Mitsuo Kure Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 192 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Book Dimensions: Weight: 2.8 Pounds Length: 12.3 Inches Width: 9.3 Inches Height: 0.8 Inches


Secret Tactics: Lessons from the Great Master of Martial Arts List Price: $15.95 Our Price: $14.77 You save $1.18!	Secrets of the Samurai: A Survey of the Martial Arts of Feudal Japan List Price: $34.95 Our Price: $32.77 You save $2.18!	Soul of the Samurai List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $12.77 You save $2.18!

About this book: This invaluable handbook presents ancient wisdom for contemporary readers - with brilliant new interpretations of the fundamental works of strategy and tactics from the masters of the martial arts. Product Details: Author: Kazumi Tabata Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 146 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.6 Pounds Length: 7.8 Inches Width: 5.3 Inches Height: 0.5 Inches	About this book: This definitive study of the martial arts of feudal Japan explains in detail the weapons, techniques, strategies, and principles of combat that made the Japanese warrior a formidable foe. Covers training and history. Product Details: Author: Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 483 Publisher: Booksales Book Dimensions: Weight: 2 Pounds Length: 9.3 Inches Width: 6.8 Inches Height: 2 Inches	About this book: In Soul of the Samurai, Cleary delves into the key influence of Zen on the samurai's combat style, from its emphasis on detachment-meaning a willingness to sacrifice life (including one's own)-to the attempt to clear the mind and "be in the moment," which freed the swordsman's mind from distractions and allowed him to act in an instant. Product Details: Author: Thomas Cleary Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 156 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.6 Pounds Length: 5.5 Inches Width: 8 Inches Height: 0.5 Inches


Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan List Price: $34.95 Our Price: $34.77 You save $0.18!	The 47 Ronin Story List Price: $15.95 Our Price: $14.77 You save $1.18!	The Book of Five Rings List Price: $18.95 Our Price: $18.77 You save $0.18!

About this book: In the tempestuous closing decades of the sixteenth century, the Empire of Japan writhes in chaos as the shogunate crumbles and rival warlords battle for supremacy. Product Details: Author: Eiji Yoshikawa Translator: William Scott Wilson Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 940 Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc Book Dimensions: Weight: 2.6 Pounds Length: 8.5 Inches Width: 6.3 Inches Height: 1.5 Inches	About this book: "47 Ronin Story" of the popular version of the classic tale of the warriors who avenged the wrongful death of their master will entertain you. Product Details: Author: John Allyn Language: English Format: Softcover Pages: 224 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.5 Pounds Length: 7.8 Inches Width: 5 Inches Height: 0.5 Inches	About this book: In this new rendering by the translator of Hagakure and The Unfettered Mind, William Scott Wilson adheres rigorously to the seventeenth-century Japanese text and clarifies points of ambiguity in earlier translations and an extensive introduction and a translation of Musashi's rarely published The Way of Walking Alone Product Details: Author: Miyamoto Musashi Translator: William Scott Wilson Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 160 Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.6 Pounds Length: 7.6 Inches Width: 5.50 Inches Height: 0.6 Inches


The Book of Five Rings List Price: $12.95 Our Price: $12.77 You save $0.18!	The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts List Price: $19.95 Our Price: $19.77 You save $0.18!	The Fighting Spirit of Japan List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $14.77 You save $0.18!

About this book: Written not only for martial artists but for anyone who wants to apply the timeless principles of this text to their life, the book analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction. Product Details: Author: Miyamoto Musashi Translator: Thomas Cleary Language: English Format: Softcover Pages: 192 Publisher: Shambhala Publications Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.2 Pounds Length: 6.8 Inches Width: 4.3 Inches Height: 0.5 Inches	About this book: The Demon said to the swordsman, "Fundamentally, man's mind is not without good. It is simply that from the moment he has life, he is always being brought up with perversity. Thus, having no idea that he has gotten used to being soaked in it, he harms his self-nature and falls into evil. Human desire is the root of this perversity." Product Details: Author: Issai Chozanshi Translator: William Scott Wilson Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 221 Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.7 Pounds Length: 7.8 Inches Width: 5.5 Inches Height: 0.8 Inches	About this book: An early attempt at the rationale of the Japanese arts, both esoteric and exoteric, while arriving at the "spiritual" components of the Japanese national mentality. Product Details: Author: E.J. Harrison Language: English Format: Softcover Pages: 250 Publisher: Overlook Press Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.8 Pounds Length: 8.5 Inches Width: 5.5 Inches Height: 0.9 Inches


The Life-Giving Sword: Secret Teachings from the House of the Shogun List Price: $18.95 Our Price: $18.77 You save $0.18!	The Lone Samurai: The Life Of Miyamoto Musashi List Price: $23.95 Our Price: $23.77 You save $0.18!	The Ronin List Price: $12.95 Our Price: $11.77 You save $1.18!

About this book: The long-awaited, authoritative, English-language version of the classic text on the art of the No-Sword by seventeenth-century swordsman Yagyu Munenori. Product Details: Author: Yagyu Munenori Translator: William Scott Wilson Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 191 Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.8 Pounds Length: 7.5 Inches Width: 5.8 Inches Height: 0.8 Inches	About this book: The Lone Samurai is a landmark biography of Miyamoto Musashi, the legendary Japanese figure known throughout the world as a master swordsman, spiritual seeker, and author of The Book of Five Rings. Product Details: Author: William Scott Wilson Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 287 Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc Book Dimensions: Weight: 1.01 Pounds Length: 7.5 Inches Width: 5.5 Inches Height: 0.8 Inches	About this book: The violence of twelfth-century Japan explodes in this half-legendary, half-true story of a violent ronin who becomes a folk hero. Told with humor and irony, "The Ronin" ranges from the pleasantly colloquial to the brutally satiric. This brief tale will shock, confound and ultimately inspire readers. Product Details: Author: William Dale Jennings Language: English Format: Softcover Pages: 158 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.4 Pounds Length: 7.8 Inches Width: 5.3 Inches Height: 0.8 Inches


The Samurai Sword: Spirit, Strategy, Techniques List Price: $34.95 Our Price: $32.77 You save $2.18!	The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master List Price: $8.95 Our Price: $8.77 You save $0.18!	Zen and the Way of the Sword: Arming the Samurai Psyche List Price: $19.95 Our Price: $19.77 You save $0.18!

About this book: Japan's famous samurai warriors were more than just soldiers-they were adherents to a strict code of honor who respected the deeper, spiritual meaning of the way of the sword. Product Details: Author: Kohshyu Yoshida Language: English Format: Softcover Pages: 208 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Book Dimensions: Weight: 1.9 Pounds Length: 10.8 Inches Width: 8.8 Inches Height: 0.5 Inches	About this book: So succinct are the author's insights that these writings have outlasted the dissolution of the samurai class to come down to the present and be read for guidance and inspiration by the captains of business and industry, as well as those devoted to the practice of the martial arts in their modern form. Product Details: Author: Takuan Soho Translator: William Scott Wilson Language: English Format: Softcover Pages: 101 Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc Book Dimensions: Weight: 0.2 Pounds Length: 7.3 Inches Width: 4.5 Inches Height: 0.5 Inches	About this book: A look into the mind of the samurai in feudal Japan and the role of Zen in the thought, culture and martial arts of the warrior elite. Product Details: Author: Winston L. King Language: English Format: Hardcover Pages: 288 Publisher: Oxford University Press Book Dimensions: Weight: 1.31 Pounds Length: 9.5 Inches Width: 6.5 Inches Height: 1.05 Inches


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