The Birth of the Samurai: The Development of a Warrior Elite in Early Japanese Society

by Andrew Griffiths

This brief but comprehensive history looks at the emergence and development of a warrior elite in Japanese culture prior to the rule of the samurai. As the country moved from a hunter-gatherer society to a mainly agricultural one, fighting warrior bands formed to protect the new settlements and farmlands. As these grew over time, powerful clans would emerge and through political wrangling, open rebellion and outright war, the country would see numerous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1081080833
• ISBN13: 9781081080839
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"