Samurai Publisher / Hodder & Stoughton making rainbows that shine like

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Samurai Publisher / Hodder & Stoughton making rainbows that shine likeThe word samurai stands for ideals of courage, honour, self sacrifice and loyalty. Yet much of the common understanding is imaginative fiction. This book explores the concept from medieval reality, through early modern changes, to todays hugely varied popular culture, challenging preconceptions and exploding myths. The figure of the samurai is unique in its global intelligibility, read both as a symbol of Japan and as a universal icon of the virtuous