Editor Michael Maxwell explains the rigorous process of translating "Hagakure" to reach a wide audience while ensuring fidelity to the original text.
Editor Michael Maxwell says modern readers have much to learn from Yamamoto Tsunetomo's "Hagakure," an 18th-century guide on the honorable way of the warrior.
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