Bushido

A Japanese samurai in armour, in the 1860s.

Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)., meaning "Way of the Warrior", is a Japanese code of conduct and a way of life, more or less similar to the European code of chivalry. It comes from the samurai moral code and gives great importance to certain virtues like frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery and honour until voluntary death, seppuku. Bushidō was created between the 11th to 14th centuries and took form as a code from the 12th to 16th centuries.

Under the Tokugawa Shogunate, Bushidō became official Japanese Feudal Law.^[1] Honor codes are still used in modern times; for example, as part of the kamikaze beliefs.

Bushido Media

A samurai in his armor in the 1860s. Hand-colored photograph by Felice Beato
Bushidō – The Way of the Warrior. Written in Japanese kanji.
Koyo Gunkan by Kosaka Masanobu (1616)
Shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199)
Portrait of Katō Kiyomasa.
Miyamoto Musashi killing a giant creature, from The Book of Five Rings
Kashoki (Amusing Notes) by Saito Chikamori (1642)
Nabeshima Secretary, Hagakure The Anelects
Book cover of Kokon Bushido Ezukushi (Bushido Through the Ages) by artist Hishikawa Moronobu (1685)
Painting of Ōishi Yoshio committing seppuku, 1703