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Speaking of Japanese, i ran into a claim some time back that the view of Bushido that we have now is one fabricated by a Japanese writer. That effectively trans
by digi_owl 9y ago
Speaking of Japanese, i ran into a claim some time back that the view of Bushido that we have now is one fabricated by a Japanese writer. That effectively transplanted European chivalry over long after the samurai had turned into career bureaucrats, and was called out on it by his contemporaries.
- kazinator 9y agoEuropean chivalry is also a fabrication due to writers.
- krapp 9y agoYou may be referring to the Tofugu article Bushido: Way of Total Bullshit[0], also discussed on HN two years ago[1]. I don't know why you've been downvoted - your comment brings up a good point, that no culture exists in a vacuum. Japan was being influenced by Western culture even during the Sakoku period when the entire country was locked down, albeit in a very controlled way. [0]https://www.tofugu.com/japan/bushido/ https://www.tofugu.com/japan/bushido/ [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11990721 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11990721