Early Samurai, 200-1500 - Print on Demand

Informationen zum Autor Anthony Bryant is a historian specialising in medieval Japanese history. He graduated from Florida State University in 1983 with a degree in Japanese Area studies. He lived for some time in Tokyo and is a member of the Japan Armour and Weapons Research and Preservation Society. He has published numerous articles on the subject of Japanese arms and is the author of two books on the Samurai, in the Osprey Elite series. Angus McBride was one of the world's most respected historical illustrators, and contributed to over 100 Osprey titles over several decades. Klappentext 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 (1180-1185) between the Minamoto and Taira clans, to the Mongol invasions of the 13th century. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Proto-Historic Period The Historical Period The Capital at Heiankyo The Genpei War The Mongol Invasions Early Japanese Armour The Plates

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Bryant, Anthony J Bryant, Anthony J. Bryant
• Assisted by: Angus McBride (Illustration), McBride Angus (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.1991
• EAN: 9781855321311
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-131-1
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 250 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Elite; Elite
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Warfare & defence, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Military institutions