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The book preaches Bushido , the Warrior Code of the samurai. Hagakure asserts that bushido is really the "Way of Dying " or living as though one was already dead, and that a samurai retainer must be willing to die at any moment in order to be true to his lord. For example, it declares, "As everything in the world is but a sham, death is the only sincerity." The tales it relates are often filled with death, killing, and suicide, mixed with martial Stoicism . ''Hagakure'' was not widely known during the decades following Tsunetomo's death. However, it received wider circulation at the start of the ''. After his master died, Tsunetomo himself was forbidden to perform Seppuku , a retainer's ritual Suicide , by an edict of the Tokugawa Shogunate . ''Hagakure'' may have been written partially in an effort to outline the role of the samurai in a more peacetime society. Several sections refer to the "old days", and imply a dangerous weakening of the samurai class since that time. Interestingly, Tsunetomo himself is thought to have never been involved in a battle or duel. REFERENCE
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