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Chargement... Warriors of Japan as Portrayed in the War Tales (1994)par H. Paul Varley
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The war tales (gunki-mono) of Japan recount the stories of warriors and their battles from the tenth century, when a warrior class first emerged in the provinces of Japan, until the seventeenth century. A blend of history and fiction, the war tales are one of the most important sources of knowledge about Japan's premodern warriors.
In Warriors of Japan a leading cultural historian of premodern Japan draws a rich portrait of warrior life and society in ancient and early medieval times. Through this study, the reader enters the lives of the warriors, observing how they fought, what they believed, what their weapons, armor, and other battle accoutrements were, what customs and personal relationships governed their lives, who their heroes were.
Although many of the major war tales have been translated into English, Warriors of Japan is the first book-length study of the tales and their place in Japanese history. It is a major contribution to the cultural history of the ancient and medieval periods, revealing much about the medieval psyche and the evolving perceptions of warriors, warfare, and warrior customs.
Readable as well as scholarly, Warriors of Japan will appeal to the general reader with an interest in Japan as well as to Japan specialists, teachers, and students. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Author clearly gives an overview of the Japanese military culture, heroes, warrior virtues and values as presented in the Japanese war tales - art-form that began as actual historical recording but after a while became a tradition folk tale in which majority of historical facts got clouded and lost.
And this is where book is excellent - in each chapter author gives actual historical facts and then tells the story from the point of view of the war-tales. This contrast is excellently presented and truly gives an insight into martial culture that gave birth to Japanese warrior caste as it is known today (I especially liked move from "noble" conflicts in the beginning (older war-tales) to almost absolute warfare of last additions to war-tales).
Highly recommended to all fans of military history and Japanese military history in particular. ( )