Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan
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.

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Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan
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.

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Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan

Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan

by Karl F. Friday
Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan

Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan

by Karl F. Friday

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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

ISBN-13: 9780804726962
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 03/01/1996
Series: Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan
Edition description: 1
Pages: 284
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile: 1520L (what's this?)
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