Real Samurai
Over 20 True Stories About the Knights of Old Japan!
New York : Enchanted Lion Books, 2007.
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: 48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Explains the mysterious world of the Japanese samurai.
Contents:
Introduction -- First samurai: Flock of birds -- Peasant soldiers -- Challenges to combat -- Warrior monks -- Samurai facts: Archery from horseback -- Great civil wars: Battle of Ichinotani -- Kamikaze! -- Loyal samurai -- Brave wife -- Battle of Dan no Ura -- Samurai facts: Samurai sword -- Warlords of the samurai: Splendid messengers -- Becoming a samurai -- Samurai and the arts -- Samurai facts: Japanese armor -- Guns and Christianity: East meets West -- Woodcutter?s son -- Foot soldiers -- Battle of Nagashino -- Samurai facts: Japanese castles -- Last samurai battles: Turtle ships! -- Japan?s new shogun -- Shimabara rebellion -- Siege of Osaka castle -- Strange character -- Wandering swordsmen -- Samurai facts: Bushido, hara kiri, and the samurai -- Glossary/Index.
Subjects:
Samurai -- Juvenile literature.
Japan -- History, Military -- To 1868 -- Juvenile literature.
Samurai -- Juvenile literature.
Japan -- History, Military -- To 1868 -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
1592700608
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C GEOGRAPHY Asia Japan Tur | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 5/30/2024) |
C HISTORY Tur | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |