Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan
Karl F. Friday
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Description for Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan
Paperback. This book is a broadly-cast study of the purposes, methods, technology and mores of warfare among the early samurai, and their relationship to the polity and social structure of tenth to fourteenth century Japan. Series: Warfare and History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JPHC; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
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 warfare from five thematic angles. He examines the principles that justified armed conflict, the mechanisms used to raise and deploy armed forces, the weapons available to early medieval warriors, the means by which they ... Read more
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Series
Warfare and History
Condition
New
Weight
375g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415329637
SKU
V9780415329637
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About Karl F. Friday
Karl F. Friday is a professor of Japanese History at the University of Georgia. A specialist in classical and early medieval Japanese history, he has also written widely on samurai culture and Japanese warrior traditions.
Reviews for Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan
'Friday's book is elegantly written, well informed on Japanese research, and backed by abundant quotes from the relevant original sources. His frequent comparisons with European history are well chosen, his arguments convincing.' - Monumenta Nipponica