Before I moved to Japan, I decided to take some Japanese history and culture courses (as I was still in Uni with a semester to kill). One of the most brain-exploding moments was when the history prof pointed out that the Hagakure was written a century after Tokegawa's 1/2
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The dude's whole PhD, to the best of my recollection, revolved about (essentially) the Hagakure was nonsense romantisation with no basis in reality. (I'm paraphrasing from a class 14 years ago)
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