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Language: en
Pages: 308
Pages: 308
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-07-01 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
A leading cultural historian of premodern Japan draws a rich portrait of the emerging samurai culture as it is portrayed in gunki-mono, or war tales, examining
Language: en
Pages: 2973
Pages: 2973
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-17 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
This ground-breaking 5-volume reference is a comprehensive print and electronic resource covering the history of warfare from ancient times to the present day,
Language: en
Pages: 233
Pages: 233
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-02-28 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Japan’s monastic warriors have fared poorly in comparison to the samurai, both in terms of historical reputation and representations in popular culture. Often
Language: en
Pages: 213
Pages: 213
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-02-20 - Publisher: Frontline Books
Samurai tells the story of the courageous and highly disciplined fighting men of this time, showing how they evolved from the primitive fighters of the seventh
Language: en
Pages: 556
Pages: 556
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Stanford University Press
This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamenta