訳者アレキサンダー・ベネット（関西大学准教授）は剣道、薙刀の有段者でもあり、日本の武術に関する著書を多数出版。主な著書『日本人の知らない武士道』（文藝春秋）など。カンタベリー大学、京都大学博士課程修了。
This is the first translation to include the complete first two books of the Hagakure and the most reliable and authentic passages contained within the third book; all other English translations published previously have been extremely fragmentary and incomplete. Alex Bennett's completely new and highly readable translation of this essential work includes extensive footnotes that serve to fill in many cultural and historical gaps in the previous translations.
