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Hired Swords

The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan

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Publisher Description

Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of Western scholarship on the origins and early development of warriors in Japan.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
1996
March 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
284
Pages
PUBLISHER
Stanford University Press
SELLER
Stanford University Press
SIZE
3.4
MB

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