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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 warfa…
This book 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 warfar…
The dazzling spectacle presented by the armies of medieval Japan owed much to the highly developed family and personal heraldry of samurai society. From simple personal banners, this evolved over centuries of warfare into a complex system of flags worn or carried into battle, to…
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 …
Kawanakajima 1553-64: Samurai power struggle
by Turnbull, Stephen R., Hook, Christa
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Krigshistorie. Japans historie. Beskrivelse af perioden 1553-1564, der i Japan var præget af krige og rivalisering mellem forskellige krigsherrer af det japanske aristokrati, tillige beskrivelse af de fem slag ved Kawanakajima 1553, 1556, 1557, 1561 og 1564, den politiske og mil…
Krigshistorie. Beskrivelse af slaget ved Nagashino 27-28 juni 1575, hvor der blev anvendt skydevåben af en del af samuraierne. Anvendelsen af skydevåben - leveret af portugisiske købmænd - og den deraf afledte taktik ændrede japansk krigsførelse. Bogen er forsynet med kort, plan…
The samurai: warriors of medieval Japan, 940-1600
by McBride, Angus, Bryant, Anthony J.
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