&quot;Bushido&quot; and the culture of the samurai as most people understand it was more or less invented whole cloth as a romanticized, retroactive mythology[0], well after the cultural relevance of the samurai had passed on. It was embraced by the wartime Imperial government for its propaganda value, but that doesn&#x27;t mean the government necessarily bought into it.<p>[0]<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tofugu.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;12&#x2F;08&#x2F;bushido-way-total-bullshit&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tofugu.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;12&#x2F;08&#x2F;bushido-way-total-bullshit&#x2F;</a>