Japanese Castles 1540-1640 (Fortress)
Contributors: Peter Dennis (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: April 20, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781841764290
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Castles; Warfare & Defence; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Military - Strategy; History - Military / War; History; History: World; Japan; Asia - Japan; Military - Other; History / Military / General
First sentence: The nature of the first Japanese castles illustrates another factor that arose from Japan's isolation from continental Asia - the development of a very different tradition of defensive architecture from that of China and Korea.