The Samurai, The
Published on 27. August 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-85532-946-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Samurai were a product of a social system totally geared to war. Writtem by an acknowledged expert in the field of medieval Japanese arms and armour, this title examines these warriors and the violent clan and dynastic warfare they fought.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 colour and 60 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 185 mm
Weight
250 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85532-946-1 (9781855329461)
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Content
Origins and rise of the warrior class; the Genpei war (1180-85); the Kamakaru Bafuku and regency; war of the northern and southern courts; the Muromachi period; warfare in Muromachi and Monoyama Japan; Sengoku Japan; Hasiba Hideyoshi; the return of the Shogun; arms and armour - Heian and Kamakura Japan, Muromachi and Monoyama Japan.