Individual Salvation under the Bushido of Modern Japanese Militarism

Abstract

In The Diary of Azuma Shiro, we can clearly see the process of a modern Japanese’s individual consciousness being squeezed under the Bushido of fierce nationalism and militarism, and the individual finally fall into salvation. Militarism Bushido provided a cultural and moral basis for the salvation of modern Japanese. In addition, Japanese national character, cultural pattern, and nationalism also provide a basis for the process of individual salvation.