To those who expect a book on the book as a samurai warrior, and nothing but this, then you will be disappointed ... The emphasis here is put more on obedience and perfection as the servant of a lord ... Perfection sometimes up to death for it ... Yamamoto insists on completion of the Samurai in its application to always make sure to serve the best interests of his lord.
A book I think a little elusive for a Western mind, whose maxims will be thoughts and thoughts yet, while placing them in the context of that particular time that was feudal Japan, both in terms of morals, that at its social complexity ...
