Warrior Rule in Japan

This book takes chapters from volumes 3 and 4 of The Cambridge History of Japan to chronicle Japan??s period of warrior rule.

List of contents

Preface Marius Jansen; 1. The Kamakura bakufu Jeffrey P. Mass; 2. The decline of the Kamakura bakufu Ishii Susumu; 3. The Muromachi bakufu John W. Hall; 4. The Bakuhan system John W. Hall; 5. The Han Harold Bolitho; Index.

Summary

Japan was ruled by warriors for the better part of a millenium, from the twelfth to the nineteenth century. This paperback volume, comprised of chapters taken from volumes 3 and 4 of The Cambridge History of Japan, traces the struggle among competing leagues of fighting men and the institutional development of warrior rule.

Product details

• Authors: Marius Jansen
• Assisted by: Marius Jansen (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.08.2010
• EAN: 9780521482394
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48239-4
• No. of pages: 302
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 619 g
• Series: Cambridge History of Japan; Cambridge History of Japan
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous