bushido
Samurai ethical code
Bushido is the code of conduct followed by Japanese samurai warriors, emphasizing loyalty, honor, martial arts mastery, and willingness to die for one's lord.
The term combines Japanese words for "warrior" and "way." Though formalized in feudal Japan, bushido continues to influence Japanese culture and appears in discussions of military ethics and martial arts philosophy: The film explores bushido through its depiction of a ronin's final battle.
High regard, moral dignity
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- dutyRequired moral task
- courageFortitude facing danger
- rectitudeMoral straightness
benevolence · respect · sincerity · self-control · righteousness · integrity · morality · ethics
Curved Japanese fighting blade
- seppukuRitualized Japanese self-disembowelment
- roninFeudal drifter-warrior
- daimyoJapanese feudal landowner
- shogunJapan's military supreme commander
wakizashi · kenjutsu · iaido · dojo · sensei · tanto · retainer · warrior
Meditative calm
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- meditationFocused attention practice
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
mastery · perseverance · self-cultivation · mindfulness · detachment · acceptance · fortitude · restraint
- chivalryKnightly code of honor
- ethosCollective moral character
- codeSymbolic communication system
- traditionCustom passed through generations
revival · nationalism · militarism · martial · influence · idealization · romanticism · modern
honor
High regard, moral dignity
rectitude · benevolence · respect · sincerity · self-control · righteousness · integrity · morality · ethics · virtue
katana
Curved Japanese fighting blade
- seppukuRitualized Japanese self-disembowelment
- roninFeudal drifter-warrior
- daimyoJapanese feudal landowner
shogun · wakizashi · kenjutsu · iaido · dojo · sensei · tanto · retainer · warrior · armor
zen
Meditative calm
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- meditationFocused attention practice
discipline · mastery · perseverance · self-cultivation · mindfulness · detachment · acceptance · fortitude · restraint · composure
Miyamoto
tradition · revival · nationalism · militarism · martial · influence · idealization · romanticism · modern
shogunate
Military dictatorship in Japan
- JapanTokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Mount Fuji, Hokkaido
- Japanese culturesamurai, kabuki, sumo, origami, tea ceremony
- Japanese wordsanime, bento, bonsai, futon, geisha
- Asian loanwordsanime, sushi, karate, ninja, tsunami
- Edo Japanshogun, samurai, shogunate, daimyo, Tokugawa
- Japanese Historyshogunate, samurai, Tokugawa Ieyasu, shogun, daimyo