Samurai The World of the Warrior

by TURNBULL, STEPHEN

• ISBN13: 9781841769516
• ISBN10: 1841769517
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-27
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Summary

Using themed chapters, this book studies the samurai through their historical development and their relationship to the world around them.

Author Biography

Stephen Turnbull took his first degree at Cambridge University, and received a PhD from Leeds University for his work on Japanese religious history. He has travelled extensively in Europe and the Far East and also runs a well-used picture library. His work has been recognised by the awarding of the Canon Prize of the British Association for Japanese Studies and a Japan Festival Literary Award. He is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds.

From the Hardcover edition.

Table of Contents

Samurai
The World of the Warrior
The samurai in a nutshell	7	(20)
The genuine articles	27	(20)
A passion for ancestors	47	(24)
The samurai way of death	71	(24)
Weapons of mass destruction	95	(20)
Shields of stone	115	(28)
Samurai with a pinch of salt	143	(24)
The White Tigers	167	(24)
Last of the samurai	191	(16)
Epilogue The paradox of tranquility	207	(8)
Glossary	215	(2)
Bibliography	217	(3)
Index	220