The fabrication of bushido #1

Like popular conceptions of European chivalry, bushido is almost completely an invention of the nineteenth century. The historical fiction of a centuries old bushido code was almost entirely the product of two very different men, a Japanese Christian named Nitobe Inazō, and an anti-Christian Japanese philosopher named Inoue Tetsujirō. Nitobe’s work, originally published in English, convinced generations of Western scholars, while Inoue’s writings, which sold millions of copies in Japan, became the foundation of a nationalist cult of militarization and imperialism.
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Time stamps
00:00 Start
0:07 Introduction
2:23 Bushido's pre-modern history
4:16 Bushido re-invented in the nineteenth century
9:58 Bushido's impact on twentieth century Japan
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Sources
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Media credit
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi, wood block prints, Public Domain
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[NoahRichard]

This video was my introduction to your channel, so I'd love to hear more on the topic (and others concerning historical Japanese culture).

[marcomaterazzi]

Is there anything historically accurate in Nitobe's work?

[pictonomii]

So what you're saying is that, in a roundabout way, this Tetsujiro guy was responsible for hentai?/s