Please come and visit us and read this interesting story at:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13647117/Eastern-Jewelscribd1Book-Formatv2
Later on this year, this essay will be part of a book to be published by Shisei-Do Publications, entitled Profiles in Japanese History and possibly part of a second book in combination with Yoshiko Yamaguchi otherwise known as Ri Koran.
Anyway, we hope you will read about Yoshiko and enjoy meeting this unusual woman.
Welcome to Shisei-Do Publications. The following is an excerpt from our forthcoming book Profiles In Japanese History by Hayato Tokugawa, to be published later this year. The following is a biographical sketch of the life of Yoshida Shoin, one of Japan's greatest intellectuals and revolutionary of the Meiji Restoration.
Because of the limitations of Yahoo 360, please feel free to use the following link in order to see the entire article as published on Scribd:
http://www.scribd.com/full/11997930?access_key=key-1taafo3htwfx9kiurd1l
The name Shisei-do Publications is based upon the words and teachings of one of Japan's greatest intellectuals and educators, Yoshida Shōin (吉田 松陰) who lived and died a premature death during the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate, a time of great political and social upheaval.
He once wrote: Shisei ni shite ugokkazaru mono wa, immadakore arazarunari
The first word in the quotation, shisei, is key to what we believe at Shisei-do Publications and it is why we exist. Shi (至) means the height of or the ultimate in something; sei (誠) refers to what is called "heart's blood", unaffected or unrestrained sincerity, wholeheartedness, eagerness, or enthusiasm. Do (道) means the path or the way.
For us then, Shisei-do (至誠道) is the way of the height of enthusiasm in each project we undertake. Each book, each essay, whether we are translating it, interpreting it, hopefully giving it new life, or if we are developing a project from within our own creativity, it is a work of love, done with the greatest enthusiasm.
