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A brief history of the Samurai : the way of Japan's elite warriors
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The Samurai emerged as a warrior caste in Medieval Japan and would have a powerful influence on the history and culture of the country for the next 500 years. From a leading expert in Japanese hist...
The Samurai emerged as a warrior caste in Medieval Japan and would have a powerful influence on the history and culture of the country for the next 500 years. From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the Samurai warrior.
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- Creator
- Jonathan Clements
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- Subtitle on cover: New history of the warrior elite
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- English
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- London : Robinson, 2010
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- xxviii, 356 pages : genealogical tables, maps ; 20 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781845299477, 1845299477
- OCLC
- ocn879178521
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Maps -- Family trees -- Introduction -- Strong fellows: the rise of the warrior class -- First Samurai: the Taira and the Minamoto -- Latter days of the law: the Hōgen and Heiji insurrections -- Proud do not endure: the Genpei war -- Divine wind: the Kamakra Shōgunate and the Mongol armada -- Two suns in the sky: the Kenmu restoration and the Ashikaga Shōgunate -- Far west: European contacts and the Korean crusade -- No more wars: the Tokugawa in ascent -- Twilight of the Samurai: the Tokugawa in decline -- Last hurrah: restoration and revolt -- Return of the Jidai: the Samurai as symbol