Hagakure, or Hidden in Leaves

M=«Hagakure, or Hidden in Leaves» — a famous treatise on the code of honor of the samurai (bushido), grounded in the canons of Zen Buddhism, Shintoism, and Confucianism, compiled based on conversations with the 17th-century samurai Tsunetomo Yamamoto, who became a Buddhist monk under the name Jōtō Yamamoto. These stories of martial valor and warrior duty, conscience and responsibility, recorded by one of Jōtō's disciples, — are not a collection of precepts, but an original method of understanding the world and realizing wisdom. «Perhaps, „Hagakure“ — is originally a paradoxical book, — wrote the modern classic Yukio Mishima. — During the war, it radiated light, but in broad daylight, it was not very noticeable, and only in darkness did the book truly shine. ⟨…⟩ This book advocates freedom. This book appeals to the heat of hearts». Published in translation from Japanese — most previous editions of «Hagakure» in Russian were based on the English translation.