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Hired swords : the rise of private warrior power in early Japan / Karl F. Friday.
LIBRA DS838.5 .F75 1992
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Friday, Karl F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japan--History, Military--To 1868.
- Japan.
- History, Military.
- Samurai--History.
- Samurai.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1992.
- Summary:
- " 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
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-256) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804719780
- OCLC:
- 24143919
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