Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949-1603 (Warrior)
Contributors: Wayne Reynolds (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: May 20, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781841765730
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Land forces & warfare; Shintoism; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History - Military / War; History; History: World; Japan; Asia - Japan; Military - Other; History / Military / General
First sentence: Buddhism is popularly regarded in the West as being a very peaceful religion, but this was by no means the image presented by the famous warrior monks of medieval Japan.