William Scott Wilson

William Scott Wilson (nascut el 1944 a Nashville, Tennessee) és conegut per les seves traduccions de la literatura japonesa,especialment les relacionades amb les arts marcials japoneses. Està reconegut per The American Literary Translator's Association Arxivat 2009-02-27 a Wayback Machine. (ALTA) com "el més expert dels traductors actuals del textos clàssics Samurais." També Wilson és un expert mundial en la filosofia guerrea de Bushido. .

Wilson ha contribuït en gran manera a l'increment de l'enteniment cultural i l'amistat entre els Estats Units i el Japó.

Llibres

Tao Te Ching: An All-New Translation By Professor Lao Tzu, William Scott Wilson (209 pages) Shambhala Publications, 2012 ISBN 159030991X
The Unencumbered Spirit: Reflections of a Chinese Sage. Kodansha International 224 pages ISBN 4-7700-3097-5
Yojokun: Life Lessons from a Samurai (The Way of the Warrior Series) by Kaibara Ekiken and William Scott Wilson (Jan 1, 2009) Kodansha International 224 pages ISBN 978-4-7700-3077-1
The 36 Secret Strategies of the Martial Arts by Hiroshi Moriya with translation and foreword by William Scott Wilson (March, 2008)
The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts by Issai Chozanshi, Translated by William Scott Wilson (224 pages) Kodansha International, (release date: November, 2006) ISBN 4-7700-3018-5
The Flowering Spirit : Classic Teachings on the Art of No (Hardcover)],by Zeami (160 pages) Kodansha (release date: May 19, 2006) ISBN 4-7700-2499-1
The Life-Giving Sword: Secret Teachings from the House of the Shogun (The Living Sword) by Yagyu Munenori (February, 2004)
Go Rin no Sho (The Book of Five Rings) by Miyamoto Musashi (01/18/2002)
Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan by Eiji Yoshikawa (10/27/2000)
The Unfettered Mind by Takuan Sōhō (12/01/1987)
Budoshinshu: The Warrior's Primer by Daidōji Yuzan (04/01/1984)
Hagakure (Hidden in the Leaves, among other common translations) by Yamamoto Tsunetomo (03/01/1983)
Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors (October, 1982)
Roots of Wisdom (Saikontan)(1984)

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), dirigida per Jim Jarmusch .