Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan (Häftad)
avKarl F. Friday
ISBN: 9780415329637 - UTGIVEN: 200312Karl Friday, an internationally recognised authority on Japanese warriors, provides the first comprehensive study of the topic to be published in English. This work incorporates nearly twenty years of on-going research and draws on both new readings of primary sources and the most recent secondary [...]
The First Samurai: The Life and Legend of the Warrior Rebel, Taira Masakado (Inbunden)
avKarl F. Friday
ISBN: 9780471760825 - UTGIVEN: 2007-11A portrait of Japan's first significant samurai leader and his world
Was samurai warrior Taira Masakado a quixotic megalomaniac or a hero swept up by events beyond his control? Did he really declare himself to be the ""New Emperor""? Did he suffer divine retribution for his ego and ambition? Fil[...]
Hired Swords (Häftad)
avKarl F. Friday
ISBN: 9780804726962 - UTGIVEN: 1996-03Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of Western scholarship on the origins and early development of warriors in Japan.[...]
Legacies of the Sword (Häftad)
avKarl F. Friday, Seki Humitake, Seki Humikate
ISBN: 9780824818791 - UTGIVEN: 199712Western scholars are generally far less familiar with the samurai in his original role as warrior and master of arms than in his other functions as landowner, feudal lord, litterateur, or philosopher. Karl Friday examines samurai martial culture from a historical and worldview in this study.[...]
