bushido(n = noun.communication) - traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living;
is a kind of code, codification
The unwritten code of moral principles regulating the actions of the Japanese knighthood, or Samurai; the chivalry of Japan. [1913 Webster]
"Unformulated, Bushido was and still is the animating spirit, the motor force of our country." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
bushido, n. the code of honour and morals evolved by the Japanese samurai.
Etymology:
Jap., = military knight's way