Arms & armour of the samurai
By: [I. Bottomley & A.P. Hopson]
Contributors: Hopson, A. (Anthony), 1944-
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 1988
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780861244157
Subjects: Armor; History; Samurai
Other titles: Arms and armour of the samurai
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 189) and index.
Table of contents: title: One The Origins of the Warrior Class; title: Two The Samurai during the Gempei Wars; title: Three The Kamakura and Nambokucho Periods; title: Four Civil Unrest: The Ashikaga Sogunate; title: Five The Evolution of Modern Armour; title: Six The Arrival of the Southern Barbarians; title: Seven Japan in Isolation: The Edo Period.