Taiho-Jutsu
Subtitle: Law and Order in the Age of the Samurai
Contributors: Rich Hashimoto (Illustrator)
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: April 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780804835367
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Sports; Japan; Equipment and supplies; To 1500; Sports & Recreation; History - General History; Police; Medieval; Law enforcement; Asia - Japan; Martial Arts & Self-Defense; Arrest (Police methods); History
First sentence: Founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu on reclaimed marshland near the mouth of the Sumida River and far from the imperial court in Kyoto, the city of Edo eventually became the cultural and economic center of all Japan.