Contents

Foreword

Hagakure in Context

Introduction

The HaGakure Phenomenon

Contextualizing the Historical Setting and Social Milieu

Contextualizing the Content

Unraveling the Essence of Hagakure

Conclusion

Idle Talk in the Dead of Night

Book 1

Book 2

Book 3

Pertaining to Fealty

Pertaining to Death and War

Pertaining to Women

Miscellany

Main Events in the History of the Saga Domain and Yamamoto Jo–cho–’s Life

Hagakure Hierarchy

References