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Resources

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Religious Beliefs and the Soul of the People

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Mercenary Troops

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Auxiliary Troops

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The Shogun’s Concern with Military Matters

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Why Shoguns Are Praised Little and Blamed Much

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Generosity and Miserliness

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Looting

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Revenge

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The Absolute Necessity of Protocol

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Making Yourself Understood

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Countermanding an Order

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The Deadliness of Arrogance, Conceit,

and False Pride

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No-Thing-Ness

Introduction

This is a work of docu-fiction. As an author, and based on my personal investigations into the teachings of Miyamo- to Musashi’s Book of Five Rings and Sun Tzu’s Art of War, I have crafted an ancient text written as a historical document that illustrates the workings of the medieval mindset of conquest attributed to Minamoto Yoritomo, the first shogun of Japan, who is considered one of history’s most ruthless and savage generals.

Writing in the voice of an advisor to Yoritomo, Hidetomo Nakadai, a regent and scholar of no particular rank or importance other than being a samurai (“one who serves”) in the court of the Minamoto clan and a retainer to the shogun in the late twelfth century, the Shogun’s Scroll comes to life and is viable as any work of its type at any time in history.