Spirit of the Japanese

I've been giving my adult students the homework assignment of telling me what bushido is. I believed it would help them with the challenging task of learning English and myself with the challenging task of understanding Japanese culture. It was a good move, as I have a new sense of hope and understanding. Some students had a hard time explaining it to me, but they all made a great effort. I could see that the subject was inspiring. I had to type this up and save it as a photo, so that you could see the kanji. It's verbatim from a text one of the students gave me about "The Last Samurai". There are seven basic values that are used to define bushido. Although it is written about the samurai, it still applies to many aspects of Japanese life today. I will post more on this soon. You'll need to click on the two images below to to read the text. Sorry it's a little small, but definitely worth the eyestrain.