Revised and updated for its fourth edition, the Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine is the mu...

Early Japan was a land filled with internal strife and warfare. This title tells the story of the...

The Lost Samurai reveals the greatest untold story of Japan's legendary warrior class, which is t...

Oda Nobunaga was Japan's great military genius and the nation's first unifier. Vilified by histor...

A step-by-step guide to becoming and being a samurai. It is 1615, and the Samurai, Japan's elite ...

First major study in English of the Japanese 'hidden' Christians - the Kakure Kirishitan, who cho...

First major study in English of the Japanese 'hidden' Christians and the development of the faith...

First published in 1977, The Samurai has long since become a standard work of reference. It conti...

This is the authoritative reference on samurai life and warfare published outside of Japan.

Set in the year 1789 and based on the original ninja manuals of that era, this witty and informat...

Featuring full-color artwork and expert analysis, this book assesses the status and abilities of ...

In 1587 the 1,000-strong garrison of tiny Tanaka Castle in Higo Province (modern Kumamoto Prefect...

The Samurai sword of Japan is probably the finest edged weapon ever made. This volume by leading ...

The Ninja were the secret agents and assassins of feudal Japan and they remain a subject of endur...

From his seat in Xanadu, the great Mongol Emperor of China, Kubla Khan, had long plotted an invas...

Ever since the Empress Jingo-kogo led an invasion of Korea while pregnant with the future Emperor...

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It has been said in China that a city without a wall would be as inconceivable as a house without...

The history of the Mongol armies is a catalogue of superlatives. No armies in history have ever w...

Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this lively study assesses the array of weapons and equ...

The history of the Mongol conquests is a catalogue of superlatives. No army in the world has ever...

The landscape of 16th- and 17th-century Japan was dominated by the graceful and imposing castles ...

Dr Stephen Turnbull is internationally recognised for his research into and writing on Japanese m...

The dazzling spectacle presented by the armies of medieval Japan owed much to the highly develope...

The Japanese invasion and occupation of Korea, which lasted from 1592 to 1598, was the only occas...

Fully illustrated with colour maps and 50 images, this is an accessible introduction to the most ...

'From lowly attendants ... to members one of the world's most powerful military organisations, th...

From the 10th to the mid-17th century, religious organisations played an important part in the so...

Fighting Ships of the Far East (1) adds enormously to the hitherto small corpus of knowledge abou...

The ninja is a well-known phenomenon in Japanese military culture, a fighter who is widely regard...

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Japan's Sexual Gods is an authoritative and original work that describes the unique deities repre...

In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firear...

A revealing, fascinating and authoritative study of Japan's famous secret warriors.

By 1400 the long running conflict between the Order of Teutonic Knights and Poland and Lithuania ...

Arguably the greatest military commander in the history of the samurai, Toyotomi Hideyoshi rose f...

In 1415, the judicial murder of the religious reformer Jan Hus sparked a major uprising in Bohemi...

The ashigaru were the foot soldiers of old Japan. Although recruited first to swell an army's num...

The invasions of Korea launched by the dictator Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1592-1593 and 1597-1598) are ...

From the 10th century onwards the great Japanese monastic foundations of Nara and Mount Hiei main...

The prevalence of particular fortress types in medieval China, Mongolia, Japan and Korea demanded...

From 1600 till 1866 civil strife in public was virtually unknown in Japan; however, personal loya...

Osprey's examination of Samurai commanders during the Gempei Wars (1180-1185), the Onin War (1467...

From the 11th century AD, East Asian armies made increasing use of exploding missiles and siege c...

Over the centuries, naval relations between Japan and Korea appear to have alternated between pea...

The Ottoman Empire and its conflicts provide one of the longest continuous narratives in military...

In 1614-15 Osaka Castle was Japan's greatest fortification, measuring approximately 2 miles in le...

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