Naganuma Ryu Troop Movement Training Manual: An Edo Period Samurai Military Arts and Sciences

Tour of Duty: Samurai, Military Service in Edo, and the Culture of Early Modern Japan 9780824865245

Alternate attendance (sankin kotai) was one of the central institutions of Edo-period (1603–1868) Japan and one of the m

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The Ultimate Sniper: An Advanced Training Manual for Military and Police Snipers 0873647041, 9780873647045

This highly readable and extremely valuable training book covers the practical, field-tested details of sniping's t

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Lust, Commerce, and Corruption: An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard, by an Edo Samurai 023153597X, 9780231535977

By 1816, Japan had recovered from the famines of the 1780s and moved beyond the political reforms of the 1790s. Despite

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Lust, Commerce, and Corruption: An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard, by an Edo Samurai [abridged edition] 9780231544351

By 1816, Japan had recovered from the famines of the 1780s and moved beyond the political reforms of the 1790s. Despite

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A Reader in Edo Period Travel 1901903230, 9781901903232

Largely ignored hitherto by Western scholars, Plutschow's Edo Period Travel provides the first in-depth study of th

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The Samurai: A Military History 1873410387

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Edo Kabuki in Transition: From the Worlds of the Samurai to the Vengeful Female Ghost 9780231540520

Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater and its dynamic representations of medieval Japanese tales a

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Samurai Arms, Armour & the Tactics of Warfare: The Collected Scrolls of Natori-Ryu 9781786781932

This pioneering study of samurai weapons, armor, and strategies is a fascinating slice of martial arts history, as seen 

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Bushcraft Training Workbook Manual

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The Renaissance: An Enthralling Guide to a Period of Rebirth in Arts, Science and Culture

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