Ideals of the Samurai

Burbank, Calif.: Ohara Publications, 1984, 1982. Third printing. Paperback white quarto. 143 pages: b/w illustrations; 23 cm Very mild soiling to covers. Mild rubbing to head and foot of spine. Mild curling to corners of boards. Else pages clean and binding tight. Very good. Paperback. ISBN: 0897500814

Contents: The message of Master Gokurakuji / Hojo Shigetoki -- The Chikubasho / Shiba Yoshimasa -- The regulations of Imagawa Ryoshun / Imagawa Sadayo -- The seventeen articles of Asakura Toshikage / Asakura Toshikage -- The twenty-one precepts of Hojo Soun / Hojo Nagauji -- The recorded words of Asakura Soteki / Asakura Norikage -- The Iwamizudera Monogtari / Takeda Shingen -- Opinions in ninety-nine articles / Takeda Nobushige -- Lord Nabeshima's wall inscriptions / Nabeshima Naoshige -- The last statement of Torii Mototada / Torii Mototada -- The precepts of Kato Kiyomasa / Kato Kiyomasa -- Notes on regulations / Kuroda Nagamasa. Abstract: An anthology of 12 samurai manuscripts showing the meaning and guiding principles of samurai life.