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quote:Originally posted by Run Screaming:
Hagakure.
There were Buddhist samurai as well as Shinto.
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A great book on the subject is
Hagakure by Yamamoto Tsunetomo. It's published by Kodansha, so it might be hard to find.
My dad has been studying Japanese culture and religion for 30 years, and I love talking with him about it.
Japanese religion is a mix: Many Japanese (past and present) are Buddhist, Shinto, and Christian at the same time. Religion has never been a "single" affair in Japan, or in Asia as a whole, for that matter.