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Arms and armor of the samurai : the history of weaponry in ancient Japan
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- Summary
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This book presents details of the development of arms and armor in the Samurai's seven-hundred-year history.
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- Creator
- I. Bottomley & A.P. Hopson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- New York : Crescent Books, 1996
- Physical Details
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- 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
- ISBNs
- 0517103184, 9780517103180
- OCLC
- ocm37326041
- Includes bibliographical references (page 189) and index.
- One. The Origins of the Warrior Class -- Two. The Samurai during the Gempei Wars -- Three. The Kamakura and Nambokucho Periods -- Four. Civil Unrest: The Ashikaga Sogunate -- Five. The Evolution of Modern Armour -- Six. The Arrival of the Southern Barbarians -- Seven. Japan in Isolation: The Edo Period