The samurai in 100 objects / Stephen Turnbull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turnbull, Stephen R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Samurai.

Samurai--Juvenile literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, [England] : Frontline Books, 2016.

Summary:

A journey through the world and culture of these elite Japanese warriors, filled with facts and photos. From lowly attendants (samurai literally means "those who serve") to members one of the world's most powerful military organizations, the samurai underwent a progression of changes to reach a preeminent position in Japanese society and culture. Even their eventual eclipse did not diminish their image as elite warriors, and they would live on in stories and films. This proud and enduring tradition is exemplified and explored by the carefully selected objects gathered here from Japanese locations and from museums around the world. These objects tell the story of the samurai, from acting as the frontier guards for the early emperors to being the inspiration for the kamikaze pilots. The artifacts, many of which are seen here for the first time, include castles, memorial statues, and paintings and prints associated with the rise of the samurai, along with their famous armor and weapons. The latter include the Japanese longbow, a thirteenth-century bomb, and the famous samurai sword-but not every artifact here is from the past. You'll also discover a cute little blue duck-found in a Japanese souvenir shop-complete with helmet, spear, and surcoat, dressed authentically as the brutal samurai Kat Kiyomasa, who was responsible for a massacre at Hondo castle in 1589.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1. The Eastern Gate of Fort Akita

2. An Ivory Carving of Samurai

3. An ebira or Quiver

4. A Samurai Helmet

5. Picture Scroll of the Later Three Years' War

6. Sword of the tachi Style

7. Spiritual Guardian Niō

8. Head Inspection

9. Itsukushima Shrine

10. Minamoto Yoshitsune's Helmet

11. Tomoe Gozen

12. A Heike Crab

13. A Mongol Bomb

14. The 'Chrysanthemum on the Water' Crest

15. The Temple Door of the Nyoirinji

16. Wooden Statue of Ashikaga Takauji

17. The Scroll Boki Ekotoba

18. A wakizashi Sword

19. The wakō

20. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

21. Marishiten

22. Helmet Crest of Fudō Myo-ō

23. Sword of katana Style

24. Castle Tower of the Sengoku Period

25. Spear

26. Arquebus

27. Hanging Scroll of Uesugi Kenshin

28. Hanging Scroll of Kosaka Masanobu

29. Wooden Statue of Matsu Hime

30. Itagaki Nobukata's War Fan

31. An ashigaru's okegawa-dō

32. Painted Screen of the Battle of the Anegawa

33. The War Drum of Hamamatsu Castle

34. Torii Sune'emon

35. Battle Standard in the Form of a gohei

36. Stone with the Face of a Devil

37. Cannon of Ōtomo Sōrin

38. Battle Map of Tanaka Castle

39. The Kai Shrine and Yufu Korekiyo's Grave

40. The Red-Walled Temple

41. Bronze Statue of Bernardo Nagasaki

42. Katō Yoshiaki

43. Konishi Yukinaga

44. The Siege of Haengju

45. Armour of Kobayakawa Takakage

46. Statue of a Siamese War Elephant

47. Matsumoto Castle

48. Painted Screen of the Siege of Ulsan

49. The Fujito Rock

50. The Bloody Ceiling of the Hōsen-In

51. Painted Screen of the Battle of Sekigahara

52. Red Armour of the Ii Family of Hikone

53. Armour of Tachibana Muneshige

54. Statue of Arima Harunobu

55. Samurai and Cherry Blossom.

56. The Ehon Ryūkyū Gunki

57. Nakijin Gusuku

58. Silver Catfish Tail Helmet of Maeda Toshinaga

59. Namban Helmets of the Tachibana Family

60. The Uto Tower of Kumamoto Castle

61. Battle Standard in the Form of a shakujō

62. Miyamoto Musashi

63. Nimai-dō Armour of King James I

64. The kokka ankō Bell of the Hōkōji

65. Statue of Tomura Yoshikuni

66. Ema of Sanada Yukimura

67. The Hachisuka Navy

68. Surcoat and Armour for a daimyō

69. Shōki, The Queller of Demons

70. Armour of yukinoshita-dō Style

71. Ema of Yamada Nagamasa

72. Secret Christian Tea Bowl

73. Grave of Matsukura Shigemasa

74. 'Strange Helmets'

75. The Art of Swimming in Armour

76. Ainu Ear Mound

77. Mansenshūkai and the Water Spider

78. Hanging Scroll of the Matsuura Army

79. Ōishi Yoshio's Baton of Command

80. Fire Helmet

81. Sword Guards

82. A Conch Shell Trumpet

83. Helmets with Antlers

84. Helmet in the Style of a Human Head

85. Horse Armour

86. The Training Pole of the Jigen-ryū

87. Hayashi' Picture of a Catapult

88. The Torture Rope of the Shinsengumi

89. Statue of Katsura Kogorō of Chōshū

90. An Imperial Activist from Tosa

91. Armour of the Satake Family

92. Photograph of Ikoma Chikayuki

93. A Boshin War Graveyard

94. The Statues of the Ōmura Drummer Boy

95. A Bullet Hole

96. Oka Castle in Ōita prefecture

97. An Armour of mogami haramaki Style

98. 'Cherry blossom' Suicide Plane

99. Akechi Mitsuhide and Fukuchiyama Castle

100. A Cute Samurai

Picture Credits and Locations.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 10, 2017).

ISBN:

9781473850415

147385041X

9781473850392

1473850398