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Gain a deep understanding of Japanese history through this comprehensive study by Karl Friday, an internationally recognized authority on Japanese warriors. This work represents the first English-language study of its kind, built upon nearly twenty years of dedicated research. By utilizing new readings of primary sources and the latest secondary scholarship, this book challenges and overturns long-standing stereotypes regarding the early medieval period. Friday provides a detailed analysis of warfare during the Heian, Kamakura, and Nambokucho periods. The text explores the subject through five distinct thematic angles, offering a clear look at the principles that justified armed conflict and the specific mechanisms used to raise and deploy armed forces. This book is an essential resource for students, historians, and anyone interested in the evolution of the samurai and the state in medieval Japan.

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Comprehensive research based on twenty years of academic study and new readings of primary sources.

Provides a detailed analysis of the Heian, Kamakura, and Nambokucho periods of Japanese warfare.

Challenges and overturns common historical stereotypes about early medieval Japan.

Explores the principles used to justify armed conflict and the deployment of military forces.

Written by Karl Friday, a leading international authority on the history of Japanese warriors.

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hardcover
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Amazon UK
Release Date
11 December 2003
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12 January 2007

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