Budoshoshinshu

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The Code of the Samurai

'Budoshoshinshu or the “The Code of The Samurai," was written by Daidoji Yuzan (1639-1730) at the age of ninety-two. The book is composed of three books and is a critique and guide that corresponds to the social changes which redefined the warrior class during the Tokugawa era. The book contains a collection of essays and was widely read by samurai of the Tokugawa era. The purpose of this text was to resolve the ambiguities that existed in the Tokugawa warrior’s mind regarding his social role in a period of unprecedented peace.

Strong Confucian influence is present in Yûzan’s writings may be contributed to the Tokugawa era’s resurgence of Confucian rhetoric, which was expounded by the shogunate and other contemporary philosophers. Yûzan deals with such topics as the role of death for the warrior, proper moral etiquette, and the importance of balancing military (bu) and literary (bun) skills.

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