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Samurai

By Rosina Buckland (Editor), Oleg Benesch (Editor)
Hardcover
$65.00
By Rosina Buckland (Editor), Oleg Benesch (Editor)
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Explores the reality and myths of the samurai from medieval times to today’s popular culture

The figure of the samurai is unique in its global intelligibility, read both as a symbol of Japan and as a universal icon of the virtuous and fearless warrior. While the term is now common worldwide, there is little understanding of the historical reality, or of the wide variety of ways in which the stereotype has been used over time. This is the first book to explore the centuries-long trajectory of...