Legacies of the Sword

Karl F. Friday, Seki Humitake

ISBN 10: 0824818792 / ISBN 13: 9780824818791

Published by University of Hawai'i Press, US, 1997

About this Item

Western 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Legacies of the Sword
• Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press, US
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824818792
• ISBN 13: 9780824818791
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 362 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Western 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.

About the Author

Karl Friday is associate professor of Japanese history at the University of Georgia.