Feudal Japan 1467-1603
The Samurai
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The Samurai
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Author: Stephen Turnbull Publication Date: 25 Aug 2016 The world of the samurai, the legendary elite warrior cult of old Japan, has for too long been associated solely with military history and has largely remained a mystery. In this exciting...
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Samurai 1550–1600
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Samurai 1550–1600
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Author: Anthony J Bryant Illustrator: Angus McBride Publication Date: 26 May 1994 Number of Pages: 64 This title details the culture, weapons, armour and training of the elite samurai warrior class in the fascinating Age of Battles period (1550-1600). This...
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Samurai Armies 1550–1615
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Samurai Armies 1550–1615
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Author: Stephen Turnbull Illustrator: Richard Hook Publication Date: 22 Mar 1979 Number of Pages: 48 In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firearms the Japanese had ever seen: simple matchlock muskets called arquebuses....
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Samurai Women 1184–1877
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Samurai Women 1184–1877
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Author: Stephen Turnbull Illustrator: Giuseppe Rava Publication Date: 10 Oct 2010 Number of Pages: 64 From when the Empress Jingo-kogo led an invasion of Korea while pregnant with the future Emperor Ojin, tales of female Japanese warriors have emerged from...
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Samurai Heraldry
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Samurai Heraldry
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Author: Stephen Turnbull Illustrator: Angus McBride Publication Date: 25 Mar 2002 Number of Pages: 64 The dazzling spectacle presented by the armies of medieval Japan owed much to the highly developed family and personal heraldry of samurai society. From simple...
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Samurai Commanders (1)
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Samurai Commanders (1)
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Author: Stephen Turnbull Illustrator: Richard Hook Publication Date: 12 Apr 2005 Number of Pages: 64 The samurai was the military elite of medieval and early modern Japan, and the men who led them were hailed as the very greatest, most...
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Samurai Commanders (2)
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Samurai Commanders (2)
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Author: Stephen Turnbull Illustrator: Richard Hook Publication Date: 10 Aug 2005 Number of Pages: 64 This second volume about Japan's samurai commanders covers the generals of the later years of the Age of the Warring States, a period when only...
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Ashigaru 1467–1649
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Ashigaru 1467–1649
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Author: Stephen Turnbull Illustrator: Howard Gerrard Publication Date: 25 Mar 2001 Number of Pages: 64 The Ashigaru were the foot soldiers of old Japan. Although recruited first to swell an army's numbers and paid only by loot, the samurai began...
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Nagashino 1575
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Nagashino 1575
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Author: Stephen Turnbull Illustrator: Howard Gerrard Publication Date: 25 Mar 2000 Number of Pages: 96 When Portuguese traders took advantage of the constant violence in Japan to sell the Japanese their first firearms, one of the quickest to take advantage...
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Sekigahara 1600
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Sekigahara 1600
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Author: Anthony J Bryant Publication Date: 11 Sep 1995 Number of Pages: 96 Sekigahara was the most decisive battle in Japanese history. Fought against the ritualised and colourful backdrop of Samurai life, it was the culmination of a long-standing power...
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Kawanakajima 1553–64
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Kawanakajima 1553–64
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Author: Stephen Turnbull Illustrator: Wayne Reynolds Publication Date: 21 Nov 2003 Number of Pages: 96 Kawanakajima is unique in history. In the space of 12 years, between 1553 and 1564, this valley deep in the mountains of central Japan witnessed...
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Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949–1603
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Author: Stephen Turnbull Illustrator: Wayne Reynolds Publication Date: 20 May 2003 Number of Pages: 64 From the 10th to the mid-17th century, religious organisations played an important part in the social, political and military life in Japan. Known as sohei...
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The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592–98
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Author: Stephen Turnbull Illustrator: Peter Dennis Publication Date: 2 Jul 2008 Number of Pages: 96 Stephen Turnbull, a renowned expert on the history of Japan, examines the samurai invasion of Korea, the first step in an ambitious Japanese plan to...
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Sleeping Dragon, Rising Sun
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Sleeping Dragon, Rising Sun
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Author: Craig Cartmell, Charles Murton Illustrator: Fabien Esnard-Lascombe Publication Date: 20 Jun 2014 Number of Pages: 64 China, the greatest empire the world had ever known, is weak and divided after a series of humiliating defeats in the Opium Wars,...
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Ninja AD 1460–1650
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Ninja AD 1460–1650
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Author: Stephen Turnbull Illustrator: Wayne Reynolds Publication Date: 19 Feb 2003 Number of Pages: 64 The Ninja were the secret agents and assassins of feudal Japan and they remain a subject of enduring fascination. They first emerged during the power...
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