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Legacies of the Sword : The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture by Seki Humitake and Karl F. Friday (1997, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
ISBN-100824818792
ISBN-139780824818791
eBay Product ID (ePID)984044
Product Key Features
Number of Pages248 Pages
Publication NameLegacies of the Sword : the Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMartial Arts & Self-Defense
Publication Year1997
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSports & Recreation
AuthorSeki Humitake, Karl F. Friday
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN96-033624
ReviewsThis study is refreshingly free of jargon and inscrutable or pretentious philosophizing. Instead, Friday presents this history of the samurai in cool, clear terms that will appeal to more than a select band of academics.... An excellent book.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal796.8/15
SynopsisWestern scholars and educators are generally far less familiar with the samurai in his original-and, ostensibly, primary-role as warrior and masters of arms than in his other functions as landowner, feudal lord, literature, or philosopher. Yet, any attempt to comprehend fully the samurai without considering his military abilities and training (bugei) is futile. With verve and wit, Karl Friday combines the results of nearly two decades of fieldwork and archival research to examine samurai martial culture from a broad perspective: as a historical phenomenon, as a worldview, and as a system of physical, spiritual, and moral education.
LC Classification NumberGV1100.77.A2F75 1997
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