Bibliograph

A brief history of the Samurai, the way of Japan's elite warriors, Jonathan Clements

Type

Label

A brief history of the Samurai, the way of Japan's elite warriors, Jonathan Clements

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsgenealogical tablesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A brief history of the Samurai

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Clements

Series statement

Brief history series

Sub title

the way of Japan's elite warriors

Summary

From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior. The Samurai emerged as a warrior caste in Medieval Japan and would have a powerful influence on the history and culture of the country from the next 500 years. Clements also looks at the Samurai wars that tore Japan apart in the 17th and 18th centuries and how the caste was finally demolished in the advent of the mechanized world

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Way of Japan's elite warriorsNew history of the warrior eliteHistory of the Samurai

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