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Samurai: An Illustrated History
List Price: $34.95 Our Price: $24.18 (As of Jun 17, 08:16 PM) Ships FREE from Amazon.com on orders over $25 (details)  Edition: Hardcover Other editions available: Paperback, Hardcover, Hardcover, Hardcover, Hardcover 44 third-party copies available from: $14.98 (As of Jun 17, 08:16 PM) 
Other items of interest: • 101 Great Samurai Prints (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) • Art of Armor: Samurai Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection • The Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke • Japanese Swords: Cultural Icons of a Nation • A Brief History of the Samurai (Brief History (Running Press))  Product Description: Samurai: An Illustrated History brings the violent, tumultuous, and, at the same time, elegant world of the medieval Japanese samurai to life. With a general introduction that examines the origins of the samurai and their rise to power, Samurai presents a chronological coverage of samurai history detailing the main battles, personnel, and general themes. Additional chapters are studies of samurai armor and weaponry, fortifications, and the changes in strategy and armor upon the introduction of firearms and cannon. All chapters are illustrated by photographs of battle re-enactments meticulously conducted by the enthusiastic historical re-enactment societies of Japan, and by line drawings of fortifications and armor. Samurai vividly details the long bloody era of the samurai, when sons killed their fathers, brothers attacked their brothers, wives betrayed their husbands and hosts their guests, and the forces of the samurai rulers destroyed those of the emperors and the monasteries. The samurai fought for property, lands, and money, and only rarely for honor--Samurai tells that compelling story with vigor. Product Details/Specifications: Authors: Mitsuo Kure Recording label: Tuttle Publishing Publishers: Tuttle Publishing Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing EAN: 9780804832878 Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 0804832870 Number of items: 1 Number of pages: 192 Publication date: 2002-05-15 Release date: 2002-05-15 Universal product code (UPC): 676251832877 Language: English (Unknown) Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Published) Brand: Mitsuo Kure Data cached: Jun 17, 2013 08:16 PM (GMT -8 hours) |
