Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan

by Karl F. Friday

Book Overview

Karl Friday, an internationally recognised authority on Japanese warriors, provides the first comprehensive study of the topic to be published in English. This work incorporates nearly twenty years of on-going research and draws on both new readings of primary sources and the most recent secondary scholarship.

It overturns many of the stereotypes that have dominated views of the period. Friday analyzes Heian -, Kamakura- and Nambokucho-period...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415329639
• ISBN13: 9780415329637
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"