HOJO: Samurai Warlords 1487-1590

A completely new and original take on 16th century samurai history and Japan’s military revolution.

During the sixteenth century Japan’s medieval period was left behind as the samurai experienced a military revolution that involved the introduction of rearms and the mobilization of large armies who fought from stone castles. The history of this violent time is perfectly encapsulated in the campaigns waged by five generations of one outstanding warlord family: the Hojo of Odawara Castle. In 1...