[Ronin4hire]

Ill repeat what I said before as some are questioning the source of this idea.

The idea was presented in a class Im taking at a JAPANESE university concerning Japan and Nationalism/Nation-state ideology.

Though I suppose it should be mentioned that it was posited against the idea that Bushido actually existed. However one thing is clear. What Bushido is was never defined explicitly untill the Meiji era by the author Nitobe Inazo who took a bunch of writings which are said to expose the Samurai spirit (as well as ommitting details about the atrocities the Samurai committed) slapped them together and called them Bushido.

This would mean that while the term may have existed before then, our concept of Bushido and what it is is is completely imagined.

I mean dont get me wrong, I have nothing against the imagined Bushido principles themselves (though to be honest I know nothing about them directly, my impression of them is that they seek to foster strength of character while remaining humble with regard to your place in nature, which is not a bad thing in my opinion). However when this is used to perpetuate a false concept of religious proportions, about a culture or nation then I have a problem with it.