"No, it died out with the beginning of Tokugawa Shogunate." "No, it died out with the start of Warring States period." "It has existed in only our virtuous hearts..." etc..
>
> I can't claim any knowledge of "the real" bushido (can anyone?
> especially the one that was practiced as opposed to written
down?),
As european chivalry, I can roughly divide into three categories, "real" Bushido, Bushido "in Legend and Folklore", or "Bushido" in texts (like that of Hagakure).
> but even a casual scan of a few texts like Hagakure show something
> with way too much emphasis on "obey your lord" and very little
about,
> say, thinking about what is right or rescuing damsels in distress,
or
> for that matter helping starving peasants. One suspects that it
and a
> lot of other political "thought" was manufactured specifically to
> keep the Tokugawa regime in power.
I agree, it sounds similar to me having only Castiglione's "Courtier" as European Chivalrous canon. I think when text appear, original idea get bored and already dying.
<<Castiglione, Baldassare, Conte Italian author, courtier, and politician; wrote "Il Cortegiano" 1528 (also "The Courtier", "Il Libro d'Oro") _1478-1529>>
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