75 Life Lessons From the Japanese Samurai
10 min readNov 13, 2020
Hagakure (‘in the shadow of leaves’) is a book of thoughts and sayings that capture the essence of the Bushido — the Way of the Samurai warrior. These thoughts and sayings were narrated by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, (1659–1719) a samurai of the Saga Domain in Hizen Province, who devoted his life to his master, Nabeshima Mitsushige.
