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Samurai of Ancient Japan: Swords, Warriors, Masks, and Honor from Japanese History
Written by Kelly Mass
Narrated by Doug Greene
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About this audiobook
What did the samurai in Japan do? How did they begin? And what was so typical or different about them?
These and many other questions will be answered in this quick guide that will cover all the basics of the famous samurai warriors in ancient Japan. You will learn about shoguns, bushido, the Meiji time period, ronin warriors, the Genpei war in 1180, the Kamakura period, the infamous suicide methods for honor (hara-kiri), and much, much more.
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