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Early Samurai AD 200–1500

By Angus McBride , Anthony Bryant

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN
9781855321311, 1855321319
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
55 MB (58142722 bytes)
Series
Elite 35
Pages
64\61
Time added
2020-09-27 11:47:32
Eastern Warfare;History;Cultural;Japan;Nonfiction;

Description

War played a central part in the history of Japan. Warring clans controlled much of the country. The wars were usually about land, the struggle for control of which eventually gave rise to perhaps the most formidable warriors of all time: the Samurai. Ancient Yayoi warriors developed weapons, armour and a code during the ensuing centuries that became the centrepiece for the Japanese Samurai. Anthony Bryant chronicles the history, arms and armour of these truly élite warriors, from the rise of the Yayoi through the Genpei War (1180–1185) between the Minamoto and Taira clans, to the Mongol invasions of the 13th century.

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