Samurai
Subtitle: An Illustrated History
Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co
Published: May 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780804832878
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Warfare & Defence; Sports; Sports & Recreation; History - Military / War; Japan; Asia - Japan; Medieval; Military - Other; History / Military History; Martial Arts & Self-Defense
First sentence: After AD 794, when the Japanese imperial capital moved from Nara to Kyoto, the aristocracy enjoyed some 150 years of prosperity under the imperial regime.