Samurai

SAMURAI

The discipline of the warrior

For centuries, the samurai held a decisive place in Japan's history, linking the practice of arms with rigorous personal discipline.

Strategy, loyalty and self-mastery shaped a warrior tradition whose influence extended far beyond the battlefield.

BUSHIDŌSAMURAI

For centuries, the samurai was above all a warrior.

But during periods of greater stability, many broadened their education beyond warfare. They wrote, studied, and cultivated other arts.

Over time, the discipline that had governed combat extended into other areas of life as well.

BUSHIDŌSAMURAI

He carried it with him, but he was not to act in haste.

The sword obeyed the same discipline as the man.

To draw it was already a decision.