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HOJO
Samurai Warlords 1487-1590
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781804513538
Pub Date: 2023-09-25
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Helion and Company
170 Pages
A completely new and original take on 16th century samurai history and Japan’s military revolution.During the sixteenth century Japan’s medieval period was left behind as the samurai experienced...
The Ōnin War 1467-77
A Turning Point in Samurai History
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781914059674
Pub Date: 2021-11-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Helion and Company
128 Pages
The Ōnin War was the key turning point in samurai warfare. There had been conflicts before, but what made the Ōnin War unique was the fierce street-fighting that went on within Kyoto itself. The battles were conducted from fortified mansions, which were surrounded by stout wooden walls and ditches and sported tall observation towers.
The Lost Samurai
Japanese Mercenaries in South East Asia, 1593–1688
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781526758989
Pub Date: 2021-03-23
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Frontline Books
192 Pages
This book reveals the greatest untold story of Japan’s legendary warrior class, which is that for almost a hundred years Japanese samurai were employed as mercenaries in the service of the kings of Siam, Cambodia, Burma, Spain and Portugal, as well as by the directors of the Dutch East India Company.
Ninja
Unmasking the Myth
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526796486
Pub Date: 2020-12-28
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Frontline Books
240 Pages
The ninja is a well-known phenomenon in Japanese military culture, a fighter who is widely regarded as the world’s greatest exponent of secret warfare.
Tanaka 1587
Japan’s Greatest Unknown Samurai Battle
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781912866496
Pub Date: 2019-10-16
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Helion and Company
128 Pages
In 1587 the 1,000-strong garrison of tiny Tanaka Castle in Higo Province (modern Kumamoto Prefecture) on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, held out for 100 days against an army ten times their size sent by the great general Toyotomi Hideyoshi. When the castle fell it was burned to the ground, and for four centuries the epic struggle lived on only
The Art of Renaissance Warfare
From The Fall of Constantinople to the Thirty Years War
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781526713759
Pub Date: 2018-02-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Frontline Books
272 Pages
The Art of Renaissance Warfare tells the story of the knight during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries – from the great victories of Edward III and the Black Prince to the fall of Richard III on...
The Samurai in 100 Objects
The Fascinating World of the Samurai as Seen Through Arms and Armour, Places and Images
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781473850385
Pub Date: 2017-07-10
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Frontline Books
248 Pages
From lowly attendants (samurai literally means ‘those who serve’) to members of one of the world’s most powerful military organizations, the samurai underwent a progression of changes to reach...
The Samurai Swordsman
Master of War
Price: $10.99
ISBN: 9781473817937
Pub Date: 2008-02-20
Format: Digital download
Imprint: Frontline Books
Samurai tells the story of the courageous and highly disciplined fighting men of this time, showing how they evolved from the primitive fighters of the seventh century into an invincible military caste...
HOJO
Samurai Warlords 1487-1590
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781804513538
Pub Date: 2023-09-25
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Helion and Company
170 Pages
The Ōnin War 1467-77
A Turning Point in Samurai History
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781914059674
Pub Date: 2021-11-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Helion and Company
128 Pages
The Lost Samurai
Japanese Mercenaries in South East Asia, 1593–1688
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781526758989
Pub Date: 2021-03-23
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Frontline Books
192 Pages
Ninja
Unmasking the Myth
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526796486
Pub Date: 2020-12-28
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Frontline Books
240 Pages
Tanaka 1587
Japan’s Greatest Unknown Samurai Battle
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781912866496
Pub Date: 2019-10-16
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Helion and Company
128 Pages
The Art of Renaissance Warfare
From The Fall of Constantinople to the Thirty Years War
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781526713759
Pub Date: 2018-02-23
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Frontline Books
272 Pages
The Samurai in 100 Objects
The Fascinating World of the Samurai as Seen Through Arms and Armour, Places and Images
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781473850385
Pub Date: 2017-07-10
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Frontline Books
248 Pages
The Samurai Swordsman
Master of War
Price: $10.99
ISBN: 9781473817937
Pub Date: 2008-02-20
Format: Digital download
Imprint: Frontline Books