Bushido was established amid the relaxation of military tensions during the war-free Edo Period (1600-1868) which followed the Warring States Period. 
It developed as an idealized spiritual ethic rather than as a practical fighting guide.Bushido is famous as one of the ways of leading a “beautiful” life in the Japanese sense. 
The basic Bushido philosophy includes justice, bravery, a sense of compassion, humaneness, etiquette, sincerity, honor, loyalty and self-denial..