Samurai 1550 1600

Author : Anthony J Bryant
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781855329461
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Samurai written by Anthony J Bryant and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Osprey's examination of Japan's Samurai warriors of the medieval period. Perhaps the greatest warriors in history, the Samurai were a product of a social system totally geared to war. The Samurai became expert in fighting both on horseback and on the ground. Their way of life was dictated by the code of Bushido or 'way of the warrior' and clad in their magnificent, multi-coloured armour they were perfectly suited to the violent clan and dynastic warfare that dominated medieval Japan as the most powerful families vied for supremacy. In this title Anthony J Bryant presents a fascinating overview of these truly élite warriors.

Author : Anthony J Bryant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472802357
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Samurai 1550–1600 written by Anthony J Bryant and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title details the culture, weapons, armour and training of the elite samurai warrior class in the fascinating Age of Battles period (1550-1600). This was a period of vital importance not only because of the political effects of the chaos but also due to the changes in warfare that occurred. In 1542 the Portuguese introduced the matchlock musket into Japanese warfare, and this book traces the effect that this important innovation had on the samurai. Life outside the field of battle is also examined, making this an unmissable book for those interested in this brave warrior caste.

Author : Anthony J Bryant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472801776
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Samurai 1550–1600 written by Anthony J Bryant and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title details the culture, weapons, armour and training of the elite samurai warrior class in the fascinating Age of Battles period (1550-1600). This was a period of vital importance not only because of the political effects of the chaos but also due to the changes in warfare that occurred. In 1542 the Portuguese introduced the matchlock musket into Japanese warfare, and this book traces the effect that this important innovation had on the samurai. Life outside the field of battle is also examined, making this an unmissable book for those interested in this brave warrior caste.

Author : Anthony J Bryant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472800389
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Samurai AD 200–1500 written by Anthony J Bryant and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-20 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War played a central part in the history of Japan. Warring clans controlled much of the country. The wars were usually about land, the struggle for control of which eventually gave rise to perhaps the most formidable warriors of all time: the Samurai. Ancient Yayoi warriors developed weapons, armour and a code during the ensuing centuries that became the centrepiece for the Japanese Samurai. Anthony Bryant chronicles the history, arms and armour of these truly élite warriors, from the rise of the Yayoi through the Genpei War between the Minamoto and Taira clans to the Mongol invasions of the 13th century.

Author : Stephen Turnbull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780963645
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Samurai Armies 1550–1615 written by Stephen Turnbull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firearms the Japanese had ever seen: simple matchlock muskets called arquebuses. They proved a decisive addition to the Japanese armoury, as for centuries the samurai had fought only with bow, sword and spear. In 1575, one of the greatest original thinkers in the history of samurai, Oda Nobunaga, arranged his arquebusiers in ranks three deep behind a palisade and proceeded, quite literally, to blow his opponent's cavalry to pieces, marking the beginning of a new era in Japanese military history.

Author : Stephen Turnbull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472866290
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ashigaru 1467–1649 written by Stephen Turnbull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated study of the origins, recruitment, training, and combat of the ashigaru, a vital element of samurai armies. The ashigaru were the foot soldiers of old Japan. Although recruited first to swell an army's numbers and paid only by loot, the samurai began to realise their worth, particularly with arquebuses and spears, until well-trained ashigaru made up a vital part of any samurai army. Drawing on previously untranslated Japanese sources, Stephen Turnbull examines the origins, recruitment, training and use in war of the ashigaru. He surveys the range of ashigaru activity, including their roles as sailors and catapult artillery men as well as the disciplined ranks of warriors that they had become. Illustrated throughout with specially commissioned artwork and previously unpublished illustrations, this book tells the story of the ashigaru for the first time.

Author : Stephen Turnbull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780963653
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Samurai Armies 1550–1615 written by Stephen Turnbull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firearms the Japanese had ever seen: simple matchlock muskets called arquebuses. They proved a decisive addition to the Japanese armoury, as for centuries the samurai had fought only with bow, sword and spear. In 1575, one of the greatest original thinkers in the history of samurai, Oda Nobunaga, arranged his arquebusiers in ranks three deep behind a palisade and proceeded, quite literally, to blow his opponent's cavalry to pieces, marking the beginning of a new era in Japanese military history.

Author : Stephen Turnbull
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780850453027
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Samurai Armies 1550–1615 written by Stephen Turnbull and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1979-03-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firearms the Japanese had ever seen: simple matchlock muskets called arquebuses. They proved a decisive addition to the Japanese armoury, as for centuries the samurai had fought only with bow, sword and spear. In 1575, during the Battle of Nagashino, one of the greatest original thinkers in the history of samurai, Oda Nobunaga, arranged his arquebusiers in ranks three deep behind a palisade and proceeded, quite literally, to blow his opponent's cavalry to pieces, marking the beginning of a new era in Japanese military history.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Samurai Armies, 1550 - 1615 written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen R. Turnbull
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Samurai Armies, 1550-1615 written by Stephen R. Turnbull and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: