Bushido: The Soul of Japan is a book written by Inazo Nitobe exploring the way of the samurai. It was published in 1900.

00:00:00 - Preface
00:04:57 - Preface to the Tenth and Revised Edition
00:08:04 - 1 Bushido as an Ethical System
00:18:47 - 2 Sources of Bushido
00:32:02 - 3 Rectitude or Justice
00:38:44 - 4 Courage, the Spirit of Daring and Bearing
00:48:06 - 5 Benevolence, the Feeling of Distress
01:03:09 - 6 Politeness
01:16:34 - 7 Veracity or Truthfulness
01:29:17 - 8 Honor
01:40:47 - 9 The Duty of Loyalty
01:54:48 - 10 Education and Training of a Samurai
02:05:06 - 11 Self-Control
02:14:37 - 12 The Institutions of Suicide and Redress
02:39:15 - 13 The Sword, the Soul of the Samurai
02:47:27 - 14 The Training and Position of Woman
03:09:17 - 15 The Influence of Bushido
03:20:02 - 16 Is Bushido Still Alive?
03:35:49 - 17 The Future of Bushido

Bushidō (武士道), literally "the way of the warrior", is a Japanese word for the way of the samurai life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry. The etymology of the Japanese word bushido, stemming from the Zhou Dynasty (1111--256 BCE)(Zhang, and Fan, 2003) or (1818-221 BCE)(de Bary, and Bloom) Chinese text Zhou bi 周髀 (Cullen, 1996) and word wushidao (武士道), loosely meaning a soldier well-trained in martial arts. The subword "wushi," (武士) when bifurcated into two parts, the first term "wu" (武) describes a person competent in martial arts such as King Wu, with the second term "shi," (士) meaning army. The two characters together (武士) meaning warrior or palace guard. The last part of the word, "dao" (道) is the same as "do" in Japanese, meaning "way of" (Dao, 2003) such as the Japanese martial art Kendo (剣道) "way of the sword".

The Japanese understanding of the word is predicated on the samurai moral code stressing frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery, and honor unto death. Born from Neo-Confucianism during times of peace in Tokugawa Japan and following Confucian texts, Bushido was also influenced by Shinto and Zen Buddhism, allowing the violent existence of the samurai to be tempered by wisdom and serenity. Bushido developed between the 9th and 20th centuries and numerous translated documents dating from the 12th to 16th centuries demonstrate its wide influence across the whole of Japan, although some scholars have noted "the term bushido itself is rarely attested in premodern literature."

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