Being born into the samurai lifestyle meant that it was title that was given not earned. Musui is an example of a man who doesn’t want to follow Bushidō, which defines a life full of servitude and work, and instead follow his pleasures and earn money without doing much work. He runs away at age 14, gets into debt multiple times, and gives up his rights as the head of the family in his 30s, to his son who is only 15. And when he has reached an old age, at which he is writing this autobiography, he notes that “My past conduct truly fills me with horror. Let my children… read this record carefully and savor its meaning” Musui is a member of the samurai class who doesn’t live up to the title. A knight, however, would have earned it through many rituals and years of servitude. An important comparison here is that fact. While many samurai followed Bushidō, some did not proving that like knights, the samurai were not as perfect as it would
Being born into the samurai lifestyle meant that it was title that was given not earned. Musui is an example of a man who doesn’t want to follow Bushidō, which defines a life full of servitude and work, and instead follow his pleasures and earn money without doing much work. He runs away at age 14, gets into debt multiple times, and gives up his rights as the head of the family in his 30s, to his son who is only 15. And when he has reached an old age, at which he is writing this autobiography, he notes that “My past conduct truly fills me with horror. Let my children… read this record carefully and savor its meaning” Musui is a member of the samurai class who doesn’t live up to the title. A knight, however, would have earned it through many rituals and years of servitude. An important comparison here is that fact. While many samurai followed Bushidō, some did not proving that like knights, the samurai were not as perfect as it would