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Published by Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2008, 96pp., 2008
Seller: Antiquariaat Hortus Conclusus, Den Haag, Netherlands
Paperback, richely illustrated in black and white and colour, in good condition. Please see description or ask for photos.
Published by Osprey Publishing 2005, 2005
Seller: Jenny Hurst, Folkestone, United Kingdom
Large Paperback Very Good Cond,Design, technology and history of key fortresses , strategic positions and defensive systems.
Published by Osprey UK 2005. ISBN 184176826X., 2005
Seller: Alexander Fax Booksellers, Mawson, ACT, Australia
Card covers, 64pp, b&w and colour photos and illustrations, maps. Fine From the 10th century onwards the great monastic foundations of Nara and Mount Hiei maintained large armies of warlike monks, a practice that was later followed by other institutions. The tempestuous political rivalries that developed between the different orders of monks, and even factions within the same orders, ensured that these Buddhist temples and monasteries had to be securely sited and robustly defended. This title recreates these enormous fortified monasteries and shrines as they would have appeared at the time, tracing their development from the 10th century through to the Sengoku Jidai and the rise of the power of the shogunate under Tokugawa leyasu.