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Japanese Castles 1540–1640

By Stephen Turnbull , Peter Dennis

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN
9781841764290, 1841764299
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13783683 bytes)
Series
Fortress 5
Pages
64\34
Time added
2020-09-27 11:47:32
Eastern Warfare;16th Century;17th Century;History;

Description

The landscape of 16th- and 17th-century Japan was dominated by the graceful and imposing castles constructed by the powerful 'daimyo' of the period. In this the most turbulent era in Japanese history, these militarily sophisticated structures provided strongholds for the consolidation and control of territory, and inevitably they became the focus for many of the great sieges of Japanese history: Nagashino (1575), Kitanosho (1583), Odawara (1590), Fushimi (1600), Osaka (1615) and Hara (1638), the last of the battles that brought an end to a period of intense civil war. This title traces their development from the earliest timber stockades to the immense structures that dominated the great centres of Osaka and Edo.

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