Collected here in one edition are two of the most important books on the Samurai Way Bushido: The Soul of Japan and The Book of Five Rings.Bushido: Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than its emblem the cherry blossom; nor is it a dried-up specimen of an antique virtue preserved in the herbarium of our history. It is still a living object of power and beauty among us.