The History of the Samurai in a Nutshell: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Great Warrior Class

By Willoughby H. Huxley

A closer look at the remarkable account of the samurai...

Does delving into history make you excited?

Are you fascinated by the Japanese culture and interested to know more about their revered warriors?

Are you curious about what really happened to the samurai - and how they lived their liv

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tonquin Publishing
• Release date: Nov 29, 2023
• ISBN: 9780986670398

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Early Samurai

The Samurai’s Ascension

The Samurai Lifestyle

Women in Samurai Society

The Samurai Periods

Interesting Facts about the Samurai

Thank You!

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Introduction

Samurai are still popular in modern culture; from novels to Hollywood movies, people never seem to get enough of them. There is no shortage of sources on samurai, and one can hardly turn on the TV without finding some martial arts movie with a samurai in it. There are thousands of interesting books that give an overview of samurai, but one will find it a chore to read through everything to see what is reliable and not. This book will introduce you to the rise of the samurai warrior class in Japan, which lasted for seven hundred years until the Emperor was restored to power