CONTENTS

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

xi

INTRODUCTION

xv

CHAPTER I.--BUSHIDO AS AN ETHICAL SYSTEM

1

II.--SOURCES OF BUSHIDO

11

III.--RECTITUDE OR JUSTICE

23

IV.--COURAGE, THE SPIRIT OF DARING AND BEARING

29

V.--BENEVOLENCE, THE FEELING OF DISTRESS

36

VI.--POLITENESS

50

VII.--VERACITY AND SINCERITY

61

VIII.--HONOUR

72

IX.--THE DUTY OF LOYALTY

82

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X.--EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF A SAMURAI

94

XI.--SELF-CONTROL

103

XII.--THE INSTITUTIONS OF SUICIDE AND REDRESS

111

XIII.--THE SWORD, THE SOUL OF THE SAMURAI

131

XIV.--THE TRAINING AND POSITION OF WOMAN

138

XV.--THE INFLUENCE OF BUSHIDO

158

XVI.--IS BUSHIDO STILL ALIVE?

168

XVII.--THE FUTURE OF BUSHIDO

182