Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan
Book Details
Author(s)Karl Friday
PublisherStanford University Press
ISBN / ASIN0804726965
ISBN-139780804726962
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Sales Rank1,008,651
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of Western scholarship on the origins and early development of warriors in Japan.
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