Contact Clock Question Basket Search User Store Facebook Mail Instagram Twitter
Kikkerland
O\ Minimal - go to homepage

The Samurai Encyclopedia

by Constantine Vaporis

A captivating and comprehensive guide to Japan's elite class of warriors.

The Samurai played a leading role in Japanese society for centuries, and this is the first encyclopedia to showcase the fascinating history and culture of these enigmatic warriors.

This book contains 171 highly detailed alphabetical entries and essays on a broad variety of fascinating topics, including the following:

Samurai weapons and armor, including the fearsome katana sword
Famous Samurai including Miyamoto Musashi, Japan's greatest swordsman; Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate; and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a uni?er of Japan and notorious persecutor of Christians in the 16th century
The Battle of Sekigahara, the largest battle ever to take place in Japan, and the Boshin War, which led to the fall of the shogunate and restoration of imperial power
The Bushido code--the legendary Samurai code of chivalry and honor

A foreword by Samurai scholar and martial arts expert Alexander Bennett provides expert insights into the lives and philosophy of the Samurai. Also included are many informative sidebars, suggestions for further reading, a selection of primary sources, and over 125 illustrations.

544 pages.

ISBN: 9784805317082

€ 24.99 

In Stock.

Usually despatched in 2-5 working days.

Date of Publication: 12/12/2022

  
Cover of The Samurai Encyclopedia - Constantine Vaporis - 9784805317082Paperback
The Samurai Encyclopedia also appears in these Categories:

History & Politics

Cover of Four Shots in the Night 6% off
Four Shots in the Night
Henry Hemming
Trade Paperback
€19.99
Cover of A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
David Gibbins
Paperback
€21.25
Cover of Young Queens
Young Queens
Leah Redmond Chang
Paperback
€16.25
Cover of Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine
Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine
Mark Galeotti
Paperback
€13.75
Cover of Empireworld Peek
Empireworld
Sathnam Sanghera
Trade Paperback
€21.25
Cover of The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance
Rashid I. Khalidi
Paperback
€14.99
Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Peek
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Paperback
€16.25
Cover of The Boys In The Boat
The Boys In The Boat
Daniel James Brown
Paperback
€13.75
Cover of An African History of Africa Peek
An African History of Africa
Zeinab Badawi
Trade Paperback
€21.25
Cover of The Wide Wide Sea Peek
The Wide Wide Sea
Hampton Sides
Trade Paperback
€21.25
Cover of Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century
Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century
Simon Kuper
Hardback
€23.75
Cover of Nuclear War: A Scenario: The compulsive non-fiction thriller that has to be read to be believed Peek
Nuclear War: A Scenario: The compulsive non-fiction thriller that has to be read to be believed
Annie Jacobsen
Hardback
€24.99
Cover of House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France Peek
House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France
Justine Firnhaber-Baker
Hardback
€37.50
Cover of The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War Peek
The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War
Nick Lloyd
Hardback
€37.50
Cover of The Earth Transformed: An Untold History 5% off
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
Professor Peter Frankopan
Paperback
€15.50
Cover of UPRAOR
UPRAOR
Alison Loxton
Paperback
€14.99
Cover of Final Verdict: A Holocaust Trial in the Twenty-first Century
Final Verdict: A Holocaust Trial in the Twenty-first Century
Tobias Buck
Paperback
€21.25
Cover of Eyewitness To War And Peace
Eyewitness To War And Peace
Eamonn Mallie
Trade Paperback
€19.99
Cover of Error Of Judgement 5% off
Error Of Judgement
Chris Mullin
Paperback
€12.99
Cover of Uncivilised: Ten Lies that Made the West
Uncivilised: Ten Lies that Made the West
Subhadra Das
Trade Paperback
€18.75