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Educator, cultural interpreter, and civil servant, Inazo Nitobe (1862-1933) was one of the earliest and most famous of the Japanese Quakers. Hoping to serve as a "bridge" between Japan and the West, he studied in the US and in Germany. Nitobe's numerous writings in English made him the best known Japanese writer in the West during his lifetime.

Bushido is both an important historical document and a guide to everyday practice. Bushido, the way of the warrior, was the samurai code of honor that flourished in feudal Japan. Initially, the new Bushido had no written text understandable to foreigners, and to fill this need, Inazo Nitobe, (1862--1933), Japanese diplomat, educator, and Quaker, wrote this book. It remains the best introduction to the study of Bushido and Japanese thought generally.