THE POETRY COLLECTION OF THE LAST NOBLE SAMURAI SAIGOW TAKAMORI Vol.5: REVERE HEAVEN, LOVE PEOPLE

1. This book is the first collection of Saigow's poetry to be translated into English.2. You can also learn about Japanese history and culture through the explanations.3. Easily learn about Saigow’s spirit through the beautiful colour images on each page.4. Many images also help you detailed understanding Japanese history and culture.5. This beautiful book would make a perfect Christmas or birthday gift for a loved one.【What can we learn from Saigow's poetry?】The success philosophy of Saigow, who was enlightened in prison.Through the hardships of prison, he learnt how to relate to heaven and people.He read the books of the great men of the past who had also encountered hardships.He learned many philosophies from them in prison.He overthrew the Shoguns and restored the monarchy in order to save Japan.As a samurai, Saigow himself abolished the samurai system in Japan.He abolished the four classes of feudalism and established equality.He laid the foundations for parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy.By studying Saigow philosophy, you can practice self-realization.【You can learn Saigow's philosophy, which embraced Christ's philosophy of love.】Saigow studied the Chinese translation of the Bible in the 1850s.He advocated the philosophy of 'Revere Heaven, Love People'.He taught that the Way is to love others with a heart of love for oneself.Because we should follow the heavens love people equally.Saigow also adopted the spirit of 'Love People' in his diplomacy with Asian countries.Saigow gave tacit permission for the propagation of Christianity.【Saigow after his retreat and his final days.】Saigow's political rivals crushed his foreign policy with an intra-cabinet coup d'etat.Disappointed by the cunning of his comrades, Saigow resigned and retired.Six hundred bureaucrats and soldiers who admired Saigow resigned from the government.They rushed to his hometown of Kagoshima, where he had retired.In the wake of their arrival, Saigow established a private school and a pioneer group.The students learnt of the attempted assassination of Saigow by the despotic regime,The students raised a smoke signal to denounce the government.Saigow, a hero of the Meiji Restoration, finally lost the war and committed suicide in 1877.【A Message from the author】The people respected Saigow and wanted to learn his philosophy and his pragmatism.However, Saigow's teachings were only preserved in a compilation of oral traditions.Saigow disappeared from this world without leaving a diary and portrait photograph.Saigow's philosophy is scattered in more than 200 Chinese poems in his own handwriting.Present the first English translation, as 2027 marks the bicentenary of Saigow's birth.All the poems are divided into five volumes, each vol. contains about 42 poems.With commentary explaining the background of poems and the mysteries of the metaphors.There are many colour photographs and drawings on every English page of this book.So that the historical background and customs of the time can also be understood.Saigow's 'Revere Heaven, Love People'. philosophy has been passed the generations.And many people have led successful lives with practicing his philosophy.Shohei Ohtani of the baseball world also achieved self-realisation after reading 'Opening Your Destiny' by Nakamura Tenpu, a grand disciple of Saigow's philosophy.His poetry is peppered with practical Saigow philosophy.I hope you too will learn his philosophy and practical methods from Saigow's poetry. Read more