The Samurai Capture a King (Pocket)
avStephen R. Turnbull
ISBN: 9781846034428 - UTGIVEN: 200911A brilliant but little-known operation, the Shimazu clan raid on the independent kingdom of Rykyu (modern Okinawa) in 1609 is one of the most extraordinary episodes in samurai history and the culmination of centuries of rivalry between the two powers. The defeat of the Shimazu at Sekigahara in 1600,[...]
Katana: The Samurai Sword (Pocket)
avStephen Turnbull
ISBN: 9781849081511 - UTGIVEN: 201011The Samurai sword of Japan is probably the finest edged weapon ever made. This volume by leading Samurai expert Stephen Turnbull reveals the story of how and why it achieved this distinction. Particular attention is paid to the development of the familiar curved blade from the original straight blad[...]
Nagashino 1575 (Pocket)
avStephen R. Turnbull
ISBN: 9781855326194 - UTGIVEN: 2000-04Osprey's examination of the campaign at Nagashino in 1575. When Portuguese traders took advantage of the constant violence in Japan to sell the Japanese their first firearms, one of the quickest to take advantage of this new technology was the powerful daimyo Oda Nobunaga. In 1575 the impetuous Take[...]
The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War (Inbunden)
avStephen Turnbull
ISBN: 9784805309568 - UTGIVEN: 2008-04"The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War" brings to life the history behind the courageous and highly disciplined fighting men of early Japan with detailed writing and hundreds of stunning Japanese woodblock prints, illustrations and photographs.
The most enduring traditional image of the samurai i[...]
