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Download or read book Japanese Spears written by Roald Knutsen and published by Brill. This book was released on 2004 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book in English to provide a fully illustrated guide to the use of polearms - ranging from the earliest halberds and spears reaching Japan from the Asian mainland to the sophisticated naginata, nagamaki and various forms of yari used by the Japanese samurai through the medieval period. While the sword remains the best known of Japanese weapons, it was the halberd (naginata) and then the yari that dominated the battlefields up to the early seventeenth century, and thereafter the yari became an important status symbol to many warrior families. Additionally, the authors focus on the actual method of use of these weapons, hitherto an almost unknown aspect in the West.
Download or read book Field of Spears written by Gregory Hadley and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a B-29 crew that was shot down over a rural Japanese village on July 20, 1945. A gripping tale drawn from declassified historical documents, never before seen photographs, and interviews with both Japanese eyewitnesses and survivors of the B-29 crew.
Book Synopsis Japanese Polearms by : Roald M. Knutsen
Download or read book Japanese Polearms written by Roald M. Knutsen and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Ainu of Japan by : John Batchelor
Download or read book The Ainu of Japan written by John Batchelor and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Japanese Proverbs and Sayings by : Daniel Crump Buchanan
Download or read book Japanese Proverbs and Sayings written by Daniel Crump Buchanan and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of 2,500 maxims and adages, selected as illustrative of Japanese thought, giving transliterations of Japanese originals as well an English parallels.
Download or read book The Japanese Sword written by Kanzan Satō and published by Kodansha International. This book was released on 1983 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the foremost experts on the Japanese sword describes their history andppreciations in this book, with photographs and illustrations.
Book Synopsis The Japanese Home Front 1937–45 by : Philip Jowett
Download or read book The Japanese Home Front 1937–45 written by Philip Jowett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 until the Japanese surrender in August 1945, a multitude of military and civil-defence forces strove to support the Japanese war effort and latterly prepared to defend the Home Islands against invasion. During World War II, Japan was the world's most militarized society and by 1945 nearly every Japanese male over the age of 10 wore some kind of military attire, as did the majority of women and girls. In this volume, Philip Jowett reveals the many military and civil-defence organizations active in wartime Japan, while specially commissioned artwork and carefully chosen archive photographs depict the appearance of the men, women and children involved in the Japanese war effort in the Home Islands throughout World War II.
Book Synopsis The First European Description of Japan, 1585 by : Luis Frois SJ
Download or read book The First European Description of Japan, 1585 written by Luis Frois SJ and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1585, at the height of Jesuit missionary activity in Japan, which was begun by Francis Xavier in 1549, Luis Frois, a long-time missionary in Japan, drafted the earliest systematic comparison of Western and Japanese cultures. This book constitutes the first critical English-language edition of the 1585 work, the original of which was discovered in the Royal Academy of History in Madrid after the Second World War. The book provides a translation of the text, which is not a continuous narrative, but rather more than 600 distichs or brief couplets on subjects such as gender, child rearing, religion, medicine, eating, horses, writing, ships and seafaring, architecture, and music and drama. In addition, the book includes a substantive introduction and other editorial material to explain the background and also to make comparisons with present-day Japanese life. Overall, the book represents an important primary source for understanding a particularly challenging period of history and its connection to contemporary Europe and Japan.
Book Synopsis Japanese Mythology and the Primeval World by : Peter Metevelis
Download or read book Japanese Mythology and the Primeval World written by Peter Metevelis and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Japanese have faithfully preserved their ancient myths as a connected and well ordered system. And as a system, Japanese myths say much about the human condition in the cosmos and about the human place in the cosmic order. Not until now has a book-length, English-language study been released on Japanese mythology. Drawing on his meticulous research, Asianist Peter Metevelis presents this selection of analytic essays that form a mosaic of themes on the primordial world of Japanese myth, adding a rewarding voice to cultural history and the history of ideas around the world. Metevelis shows that, contrary to popular belief, Japanese myths have much in common with other myths around the globe, and are mythically, logically, and symbolically equivalent. This suggests that Japanese culture has always resonated with the rest of the world and provides a valuable touchstone for comparative mythologists. The mythic themes Metevelis explores include: Linkage of birth with death Loss of immortality Containment of souls Effect of time on mortals Creation of the cosmos And many more This incomparable volume also includes detailed notes, bibliographies, and appendices to help further your knowledge of Japanese myth. Under Metevelis's expert guidance, you can expand your understanding of the Japanese myth system, its structure, and its principal actors, and immerse yourself in the ancient Japanese mysteries of the cosmos.
Book Synopsis The Connoisseur's Book of Japanese Swords by : Kōkan Nagayama
Download or read book The Connoisseur's Book of Japanese Swords written by Kōkan Nagayama and published by Kodansha International. This book was released on 1997 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connoisseur's Book Japanese Swords is a Kodansha International publication.
Book Synopsis Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World by : Michael E. Haskew
Download or read book Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World written by Michael E. Haskew and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-12-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the age of the Huns to the forcing open of Japan, an in depth account of Asian military history.
Book Synopsis Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan by : William E. Deal
Download or read book Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan written by William E. Deal and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction the Japanese history, culture, and society from 1185 - the beginning of the Kamakura period - through the end of the Edo period in 1868.
Book Synopsis Corea, the Hermit Nation by : William Elliot Griffis
Download or read book Corea, the Hermit Nation written by William Elliot Griffis and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Corea written by William Elliot Griffis and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Corea, the Hermit nation by : Griffis
Download or read book Corea, the Hermit nation written by Griffis and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Corea, the Hermit Nation by : William Elliot Griffis
Download or read book Corea, the Hermit Nation written by William Elliot Griffis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1882, this accessible history of Korea provided for an English-speaking audience a general introduction to this mysterious country.
Book Synopsis The Samurai Swordsman by : Stephen Turnbull
Download or read book The Samurai Swordsman written by Stephen Turnbull and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2008-02-20 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samurai tells the story of the courageous and highly disciplined fighting men of this time, showing how they evolved from the primitive fighters of the seventh century into an invincible military caste with a fearsome reputation. In the early seventh century, the samurai rose to prominence during the struggles between the emperor and the military leaders (shogun). They took part in the invasion of Korea, as well as helping to keep Japan free from foreign influence. From the Heian period through to the Onin wars, the history of the samurai is replete with tales of heroism and bloodshed. Although the samurai is most famous for his use of the sword, he also used a wide variety of other weapons, such as the crossbow, the dagger and the spear. Samurai armour and costume were constantly evolving, and by the twelfth century most samurai were wearing the box-like yoroi armour. Samurai examines samurai fighting tactics, as well as acts such as ritual suicide (hari-kiri) and the taking of enemy heads as trophies.
