Secrets of the Samurai
Subtitle: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: July 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780804816847
Subjects: Oriental martial arts; Sports & Recreation; Military art and science; History: World; Japan; Martial Arts & Self-Defense; Military art and sciences; Samurai
First sentence: The military class (buke) began to play a determinant role in the history of Japan during the tenth and eleventh centuries (the late Heian period) as the power of the emperor, the nominal head of the Yamato clan, slowly but irresistibly began to disintegrate in the wake of the nobility's constant internecine struggles.