Samurai : an illustrated history
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- ISBN: 0804832870
- ISBN: 9780804832878
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Physical Description:
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192 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 32 cm - Publisher: North Clarendon, VT ; Tuttle Pub., 2002.
- Copyright: ©2001
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 192). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: The centuries of the Samurai. The rise of the warrior class -- Armour in the 5th to 10th centuries AD -- The prosperity of the Heishi -- The struggle between the Genji and Heishi -- Armor of the Heian Period (Late 8th to 12th centuries AD) -- The Hojo regency -- Armor of the 12th to 14th centuries -- The Mongal invasions -- Weapons of the Samurai: The bow -- The fall of the Kamakura Bakufu and the revival of imperial government -- The Soehi -- The Muromachi Bakufu -- Armor of the 14th to 16th centuries do maru and haramaki -- The Onin War and the beginnings of Gekokujo -- 'Modern' armor: tosei gusoku -- The age of battles: Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi -- Weapons of the Samurai: The sword -- Handling the arquebus -- The reign of Hideyoshi -- Women in Samurai society -- Sekigahara: A decisive batttle? -- Flags of family contingents in the Sekighara campaign -- The Osaka campaign -- The Christian Rebellion in Shimabara -- The Samurai code -- The Tokugawa Bakufu -- Dragaon Horse, a pioneer of modern Japan -- Part 2: The age of the country at war: Representative campaigns and families -- The Battle of Okehazama, 1560 -- Fortifications and castles -- The bears of Kyushu from 8th to the 16th centuries AD -- The arrows of Chugoku, 1498-1571 -- Weapons of the Samurai: Pole-weapons -- Uesugi Kenshin & Takeda Shingen mid-16th century AD -- Chaos in Kanto 15th & 16th centuries AD -- Chronology -- Glossary. |
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Subject: | Samurai Japan History Samurai Samoerai Japan History To 1868 Japan History To 1868 Japan |
Genre: | SPORTS & RECREATION / Martial Arts & Self-Defense. History. History. |
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