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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Samurai : An Illustrated History
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Samurai : An Illustrated History
Mitsuo Kure graduated from medical school in 1972 and became a surgeon based in Tokyo. His lifelong interest in samurai began at an early age when he began constructing historically accurate models of samurai figures. Later, with the assistance on Togo Ryu, a well-known Japanese historical novelist, he began to reconstruct full-size samurai armor and started what is now one of the premier re-enactment groups in Japan. His group is currently one of the leading organizers of samurai battle re-enactments in Japan.