{"product_id":"9784805320280","title":"Wisdom of the Shoguns: Valuable Life Lessons from Japan's Greatest Warriors","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIn the Age of the Shoguns, great leaders were philosophers whose strength was measured not just by the sword but by patience, wisdom and moral clarity!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the wake of the Emmy Award-winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShogun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series, interest in Japan's ancient Samurai culture has never been higher. This book offers a bridge between their world and ours with a collection of sayings drawn from the turbulent final years of Japan's Warring States period and the dawn of the Shogunate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the words of legendary warriors such as Tokugawa Ieyasu, Miyamoto Musashi and Oda Nobunaga, this volume contains the distilled wisdom of leaders whose greatness was forged in battle. It offers timeless lessons in how to act with integrity and compassion, and how to find stillness and calm amidst chaos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIt can be read as a series of daily meditations for quiet inspiration—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with voices from Japan's past illuminating a path forward in your own life toward greater awareness, discipline and inner peace:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBurdens shape a person: a life without weight brings nothing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e(Tokugawa Ieyasu)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThink lightly of yourself and deeply of the world \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e(Miyamoto Musashi)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery person has their strengths and weaknesses \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e(Maeda Toshiie)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDo what you don't want to do first \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e(Takeda Shingen)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is no such thing as absolute \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e(Oda Nobunaga)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTreat what is heavy as if it were light \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e(Hosokawa Fujikata)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe quotations in this collection are presented by artist Naoko Mikami, and each one is accompanied by her elegant works of calligraphy which bring the words in each saying to life on the page.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52434158092519,"sku":"Japan","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/81vFPAvggdL._SL1500.jpg?v=1785525003","url":"https:\/\/jfbooks.org\/products\/9784805320280","provider":"JF Books | 季風書園","version":"1.0","type":"link"}