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Samurai : The Weapons and Spirit of the Japanese Warrior by Clive Sinclaire (04)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- Warriors
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Ages 4-8, Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- early edition
- Vintage
- Yes
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Picture Book
- Illustrator
- Clive Sinclaire
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Ex-Library, Illustrated, complete
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781592287208
- Book Title
- Samurai : the Weapons and Spirit of the Japanese Warrior
- Item Length
- 11in
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4in
- Genre
- Antiques & Collectibles, History
- Topic
- Asia / Japan, Asia / General, General, Firearms & Weapons
- Item Width
- 10.2in
- Item Weight
- 25.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 144 Pages
About this product
Product Information
"Clive Sinclaire has written an amazingly complete, riveting history of the Japanese samurai, their culture, and weapons. This book is a welcome surprise. Sinclaire is absolute master of his subject."--Midwest Book Review. The history of Japan over the last thousand years is largely the history of the elite military class, the samurai warriors. The samurai were an entire and separate class in society. Until late in the nineteenth century they had an absolute monopoly on the bearing of arms in Japan. They followed a special code known as bushido, a philosophical foundation for a ";freedom from fear," and epitomized the ideals of patriotism and devotion to military duty. This spiritual philosophy, which in the last century inspired the country in its headlong drive to modernization, was carried through also into the design, production, decoration, wearing, and use of samurai armor and weapons. The influence of the samurai was one that was created by force of arms, which, although initially influenced in the seventh and eighth centuries AD by mainland Asia, quickly developed into styles that were totally Japanese in character and are impossible to confuse with those of any other nation. Following decades of painstaking research, the author provides an intriguing, scholarly, yet highly readable history of these fascinating weapons and the men who made and fought with them. This wonderfully illustrated book displays in spectacular photographs, most of which are in color and many of which have never been published before, the most important samurai weapons of all--various types of long and short swords, polearms, bows and arrows, and firearms--as well as the dramatic forms of head and body armor designed specifically for samurai-versus-samurai combat.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1592287204
ISBN-13
9781592287208
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43536435
Product Key Features
Book Title
Samurai : the Weapons and Spirit of the Japanese Warrior
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Asia / Japan, Asia / General, General, Firearms & Weapons
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Antiques & Collectibles, History
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
11in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
10.2in
Item Weight
25.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Reviews
"Clive Sinclaire has written an amazingly complete, riveting history of the Japanese samurai, their culture, and weapons. This book is a welcome surprise. Sinclaire is absolute master of his subject."-- Midwest Book Review, "Clive Sinclaire has written an amazingly complete, riveting history of the Japanese samurai, their culture, and weapons. This book is a welcome surprise. Sinclaire is absolute master of his subject."--Midwest Book Review
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Trade
Illustrated
Yes
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