The core tenets of Bushido date from as early as the 12th century as demonstrated by the earliest translations of Japanese literature and warrior house codes. Honor codes are still used today in gangs. Under the Tokugawa Shogunate, Bushido became formalized into Japanese Feudal Law.
Inazo Nitobe, in his book Bushido: The Soul of Japan, described it in this way. Bushido, then, is the code of moral principles which the samurai were required or instructed to observe but more frequently it is a code unuttered and unwritten. It was an organic growth of decades and centuries of military career.
Our version of the Bushido Master Tranquility Katana has an overall length of 39 inches with a 28 inch hand polished stainless steel blade accompanied by a color matching sageo cord wrapped saya scabbard. Concealed in the wrap are two throwing knives and the tempered full metal cast tsuba handguard is adorned with gold leafed flowers. The tsuka handle is finished in a traditional Japanese ito wrap using Japanese bamboo canvas.
