Bushido: The Soul of Japan

These webpages contain the full 13th edition book Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazō Nitobe (also known as Inazo Nitobé, or Nitobe Inazō). The first version was published 1899, and this version was published in 1908 by Teibi Publishing Company, 16 Gobancho, Tokyo.

This book is in the public domain and based on the scanned book from the Internet Archive.

Inazō Nitobe (1862-1933) was a Japanese professor of colonialism, who studied agricultural policy in the United States and agricultural economics in Germany. He was a strong advocate for Japan's colonization of Korea. Bushido was written in English and was one of the first books that introduced Japanese culture to the Western world. It is considered key to understanding the Japanese culture.