Heavenly Warriors: The Evolution of Japan's Military, 500-1300
by William Wayne Farris
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"In a government, military matters are the essential thing," said Japan's "Heavenly Warrior," the Emperor Temmu, in 684. Heavenly Warriors traces in detail the evolutionary development of weaponry, horsemanship, military organization, and tactics from Japan's early conflicts with Korea up to the full-blown system of the samurai. Enhanced by illustrations and maps, and with a new preface by the author, this book will be indispensable for students of military history and Japanese political show more history. show lessTags
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Japan's original Heavenly Warrior, the Emperor Temmu, declared in 682, "In a government, miliary matters are the essential thing." Farris's detailed descriptions and maps of major battles from the Korean Wars of the sixth century through the thirteenth century Mongol Invasions underscore the validity of that jdugment. Finally, Minamoto no Yoritomo triumphed as "the chief of all warriors," and established his Shogunate in 1185, giving a firmer political base to Japan's warrior elite.
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William Wayne Farris is Sen Soshitsu XV Distinguished Chair in Traditional Japanese Culture and History in the History Department, University of Hawai'i.
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