The Taming of the Samurai

The author traces the history of the conception of honor among the samurai class in Japan. Ikegami contends that the samurai ideas about honor continued after the Meiji Restoration and the samurai caste`s resulting loss of privilege. He makes the case that honorific individualism is the concept underlying Japan`s great postwar economic success. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.