According to the Japanese dictionary Shogakukan Kokugo Daijiten, " Bushidō is defined as a unique philosophy ( ronri ) that spread through the warrior class from the Muromachi ( chusei ) period.

By the time of Imagawa Ryoshun's " Regulations " at the beginning of the 15th century, the Bushidō ideal was fairly clear, and the term itself came into widespread use.

Bushidō was used as a propaganda tool by the government and military, who doctored it to suit their needs.

Bushidō was widely practiced, varying little over time, and across the geographic and socio-economic backgrounds of the samurai, who at one time represented up to 10 % of the Japanese population.

Primary research into Bushidō was later conducted by William Scott Wilson in his 1982 text Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors.

* The website of William Scott Wilson A 2005 recipient of the Japanese Government's Japan ’ s Foreign Minister ’ s Commendation, William Scott Wilson was honored for his research on Samurai and Bushidō.

Japanese nationalism was buoyed by a romantic concept of Bushidō and driven by a modern concern for rapid industrial development and strategic dominance in East Asia.

( 1968 ), were often critical of Bushidō and Tokugawa era Japan.

The Bushidō code is typified by seven virtues:

Bushidō expanded and formalized the earlier code of the samurai, and stressed frugality, loyalty, mastery of martial arts, and honor to the death.

In compliance with the philosophy of Bushidō, the defenders, hiding in caves and tunnels like the ones at Malinta Hill, preferred to commit suicide rather than surrender.

The Hagakure contains many of the sayings of Sengoku-period retainer Nabeshima Naoshige ( 1537 – 1619 ) regarding Bushidō related philosophy early in the 18th century by Yamamoto Tsunetomo ( 1659 – 1719 ), a former retainer to Naoshige's grandson, Nabeshima Mitsushige.

Bushidō developed between the 9th and 20th centuries and numerous translated documents dating from the 12th to 16th centuries demonstrate its wide influence across the whole of Japan, although some scholars have noted " the term bushidō itself is rarely attested in premodern literature.

Bushidō written in kanjiThe Kojiki is Japan's oldest extant book.

It provides an early indication of the values and literary self-image of the Bushidō ideal, including references to the use and admiration of the sword by Japanese warriors.

From the literature of the 13th to 16th centuries, there exists an abundance of references to the ideals of Bushidō.

Naoshige says similarly, that it is shameful for any man to die without having risked his life in battle, regardless of rank, and that " Bushidō is in being crazy to die.

Bushidō includes compassion for those of lower station, and for the preservation of one's name.

Bushidō, while exhibiting the influence of Dao through Zen Buddhism, is a philosophy in contradistinction to religious belief, with a deep commitment to propriety in this world for propriety's sake.

Modern Western translation of documents related to Bushidō began in the 1970s with Carl Steenstrup, who performed research into the ethical codes of famous Samurai clans including Hōjō Sōun and Imagawa Sadayo.

Bushidō is the code of honour of the samurai of feudal Japan.

Economic developments of the prewar period began with the “ Rich State and Strong Army Policy ” by the Meiji government.

For an extended period of time — prewar through the early 1950s — the Pontiac was a quiet, solid car, but not especially powerful.

Ryūkōka, which adopted Western classical music, made waves across the country in the prewar period .. Ichiro Fujiyama became popular in the prewar period, but war songs later became popular when the World War II occurred ..

The New York Times reported on similar statements previously, writing that " The nation's ( Japan's ) largest newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun, applauded the revisions " regarding removing the word " forcibly " from referring to laborers brought to Japan in the prewar period and revising the comfort women controversy.

The new Continental was not intended to be the largest nor the most powerful automobile ; rather, the most luxurious and elegant American car available, designed to recapture the spirit of the great classics of the prewar period — with prices to match.

The Classic Car Club of America ( CCCA ) is an organization founded in 1952 to celebrate the grand automobiles of the prewar period.

By conservative revolution Rauschning meant “ the prewar monarchic-Christian revolt against modernity that made a devil ’ s pact with Hitler during the Weimar period ”.

Agar served at sea in a number of ships in the prewar period, including the battleships HMS Prince of Wales attached to the Mediterranean Fleet, and HMS Queen, commanded by Captain ( later Admiral ) David Beatty.

For Rauschning the Conservative Revolution “ meant the prewar monarchic-Christian revolt against modernity that made a devil ’ s pact with Hitler during the Weimar period ”.

To what degree, that is, are these meditations under democracy on Japanese uniqueness innocent reflections of a popular search for identity, and in what measure, if any, do they pick up from the instrumental ideology of Japaneseness developed by government and nationalists in the prewar period to harness the energies of the nation towards industrialization and global imperium?

While Nagoya Railroad is an old company in its own right, it has acquired many small rail companies in the area surrounding Nagoya, so most lines that belong to modern-day Nagoya Railroad were constructed and operated by other companies which later merged with Nagoya Railroad, mostly in the prewar and wartime period.

In the post-war period ( 1945 – 1960 ) examples include Germany, France and Japan, which were able to quickly regain their prewar status by replacing capital that was lost during World War II.

The last, fifth period of prewar Polish Prometheism ( 1933 – 39 ) was, in Charaszkiewicz's words, one of " seven lean years.

Deliveries of Duple bodywork on full-sized chassis ( such as the AEC Regal ) began in May 1946, and were known as the A-type, although its curved lines had their origin in the prewar period, so it was not strictly a new design.

— mainly private institutions — are a legacy of the occupation period ; many had been prewar institutions upgraded to college status at that time.

Right-wing extremists indulged in a heady romanticism with strong links to the prewar period.

The prewar period was marked by the division of art into competing European styles and traditional indigenous styles.

Japanese painting in the prewar Shōwa period was largely dominated by Yasui Sotaro and Umehara Ryuzaburo, who introduced the concepts of pure art and abstract painting to the Nihonga tradition, and thus created a more interpretative version of that genre.

Important artists in the prewar period include:

Counter to the Edo and prewar periods, arts of the postwar period became popular.