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Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan
Karl F. Friday
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Description for Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 284 pages, 4 half-tones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804726962
SKU
V9780804726962
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Reviews for Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan
"A long overdue revision of court-warrior relationships from the seventh through twelfth centuries. . . . Friday's book has significantly altered the way Western scholars will view the history of early Japan."—Journal of Asian Studies "Friday raises issues that all teachers and scholars must take into account."—American Historical Review