Bushido facts for kids
Bushidō (武士道, Bushidō), 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. Honor codes are still used in modern times; for example, as part of the kamikaze beliefs...
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Images for kids
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Japanese samurai in armor, 1860s. Photograph by Felice Beato
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Bushidō - The Way of the Warrior. Written in Japanese kanji.
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Koyo Gunkan by Kosaka Masanobu (1616)
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Shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147-1199)
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Daimyo Katō Kiyomasa
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Kashoki (Amusing Notes) by Saito Chikamori (1642)
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Nabeshima Secretary, Hagakure The Anelects
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Book cover of Kokon Bushido Ezukushi (Bushido Through the Ages) by artist Hishikawa Moronobu (1685)
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Painting of Ōishi Yoshio committing seppuku, 1703
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Three samurai with different weapons, the one on the left has a yumi, in the center a katana and on the right a yari
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Cover of Bushido: The Soul of Japan, 1900
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Iaido sensei Haruna Matsuo
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JSDF soldiers during a training exercise
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See also
In Spanish: Bushidō para niños
