For 700 years Japanese civilization was dominated by a single warrior caste. This project looks at arms, armor and custome of Samurai men and women over the centuries with specifically commissioned photography of reenactors wearing museum-quality clothing.

Samurai: Arms, Armor, Costume

History

Kure, Mitsuo

Asia

Chartwell Books

Samurai: An Illustrated History brings the violent, tumultuous, and, at the same time, elegant world of the medieval Japanese samurai to life. This Japanese history book traces the story of a unique historical phenomenon: a period of 700 years—equivalent to the entire stretch of Western history between the reigns of the Crusader king Richard the Lionhearted and of Queen Victoria at the height of the British Empire—during which an enclosed civilization was dominated by a single warrior caste. The historical narrative of samurai history is supported by explanations of samurai armor, weapons, fortifications, tactics, and customs, and illustrated with nearly 800 fascinating color photographs, maps, and sketches, including ancient scroll paintings and surviving suits of armor preserved for centuries in Japanese shrines. From the 12th to the 19th centuries the history of Japan was mainly the history of the samurai—the class of professional fighting men. At first, they were no more than lowly soldiery employed by the court aristocracy of Kyoto, but the growing power of the provincial warrior clans soon enabled them to brush aside the executive power of the imperial court and to form a parallel military government. Though individual dynasties came and went in cycles of vigor and decadence, the dominance of the samurai as a class proved uniquely resilient.

Samurai: An Illustrated History

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Tuttle+publishing

The term 'samurai' conjures up the image of a fierce swordsman clad in complex armor, proud and relentless in battle, ready to die - by his own hand if necessary - in obedience to an unfaltering code of honor. This dynamic and colorful volume contains 200 meticulously reproduced photographs that reveal the real samurais, their uniforms, their equipment and their weapons. Europa Militaria Special 14.

The Samurai (Europa Militaria Special, 14)

Crowood Press

Samurai

Compendium

Used. Very Good conditions. May have soft reading marks and name of the previous owner.

Compendium Publishing

For 700 years Japanese civilization was dominated by a single warrior caste. This project looks at arms, armor and custome of Samurai men and women over the centuries with specifically commissioned photography of reenactors wearing museum-quality clothing.

Samurai Arms Armor and Costume: Arms, Armour and Costume

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Samurai: Arms, Armor, Costume

Samurai: An Illustrated History

The Samurai (Europa Militaria Special, 14)

Samurai

Samurai: An Illustrated History

Samurai Arms Armor and Costume: Arms, Armour and Costume