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*''Date: 4 Jan [[1882]]''
The Imperial Rescript to the Military, issued on 4 January [[1882]] is cited as one of the key documents in transforming notions of [[bushido]], or a warrior code, from being values of a [[samurai]] elite into being Japanese values, upheld by all Imperial subjects of all classes, and intimately tied into loyalty to the Emperor and to the nation.
The Rescript includes a statement that the military "should be viewed as the reflection of the whole of the subjects of Japan,"<ref>Friday, 342.</ref> and indicates that soldiers should strive for loyalty, decorum, courage, faith, and frugality.
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==References==
*Karl Friday, "Bushidô or Bull? A Medieval Historian's Perspective on the Imperial Army and the Japanese Warrior Tradition," ''The History Teacher'' 27:3 (1994), 339-349.
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[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
The Imperial Rescript to the Military, issued on 4 January [[1882]] is cited as one of the key documents in transforming notions of [[bushido]], or a warrior code, from being values of a [[samurai]] elite into being Japanese values, upheld by all Imperial subjects of all classes, and intimately tied into loyalty to the Emperor and to the nation.
The Rescript includes a statement that the military "should be viewed as the reflection of the whole of the subjects of Japan,"<ref>Friday, 342.</ref> and indicates that soldiers should strive for loyalty, decorum, courage, faith, and frugality.
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==References==
*Karl Friday, "Bushidô or Bull? A Medieval Historian's Perspective on the Imperial Army and the Japanese Warrior Tradition," ''The History Teacher'' 27:3 (1994), 339-349.
<references/>
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historical Documents]]