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This novel delves into the inner workings of the Samurai mind through anecdotes and insight into the everyday life of a Samurai. It is said that Yamamoto Tsuentomo, a Samurai who died in 1719, had this work recorded by a younger Samurai over a 7 year period.
 For those of you who may have noticed that "From the 5th Chapter" is missing at left, that is because there is nooooo 5th Chapter (to mis-quote Monty Python). I've checked against numerous other online sources as well as printed versions of this work and have yet to find the mysteriously missing text.
If you are looking for a printed version of this book, you can find it at Amazon.com by following this link: Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai By Yamamoto Tsunetomo and translated by William Scott Wilson.
NOTE: This translation is NOT the source for the copy I keep online. It is my understanding that the text I've linked to at left has passed into the public domain. If anyone can show otherwise, please speak now or forever hold your peace.
If you like this novel, you might also enjoy the following:
 Hagakure places a prominent role in the movie Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai. The film is set in New York and is about an African-American hitman who calls himself Ghost Dog and lives his life by the code of the samurai as defined in Hagakure.
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