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Hagakure was written during the Edo period (1600-1868), during which time there were very few battles fought, and samurai were mainly bureaucrats and government
by twblalock 10y ago
Hagakure was written during the Edo period (1600-1868), during which time there were very few battles fought, and samurai were mainly bureaucrats and government functionaries living on fixed pensions. The book is an attempt to maintain warrior culture in the face of the reality that samurai no longer had any occasion to fight.
- mcguire 10y ago...collected from a mid-level bureaucrat in the early 18th century who apparently never had the opportunity to be willing to die for his lord, and which didn't become popular until the early 20th century.