Kawanakajima 1553-1564
Subtitle: Samurai Power Struggle (Campaign, 130) (Campaign)
Contributors: Wayne Reynolds (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: November 21, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781841765624
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Battles & campaigns; Land forces & warfare; c 1500 to c 1600; Military - General; History - Military / War; History; History: American; Japan; History / Military / General; Asia - Japan
First sentence: No account of the Kawanakajima campaign or the events that led up to it can be separated from the personalities of the two commanders.
Description: This manual illustrates the development of samurai armies during the mid-16th century, which witnessed the introduction of firearms. Focusing on the Kawanakajima campaigns of 1553-1564, it relates the struggle between two of mediaeval Japan's greatest warlords, Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin.