Full name: Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan

Authors: Oscar Ratti, Adele Westbrook Year: 1973 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History Culture: Japan Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780785810735 9784805309605 0785810730 4805309601

Explains in detail the weapons, techniques, strategies and principles of combat that made the Japanese warrior a formidable foe. An essential work for anyone with an interest in Japanese battle techniques or military traditions. Similar books: Bushido by Inazo Nitobe The Lone Samurai by William Scott Wilson The Great Wave by Christopher Benfey The Making of Modern Japan by Marius B. Jansen A Modern History of Japan by Andrew Gordon Samurai William by Giles Milton Japan at War by Haruko Taya Cook Japan 1941 by Eri Hotta A History of Japan by Kenneth Henshall The Mikado's Empire by William Elliot Griffis A History of Japan, 1615-1867 by George Sansom The Last Samurai by Mark Ravina Inventing Japan by Ian Buruma The World of the Shining Prince by Ivan Morris Japan by Patrick Smith In the Realm of a Dying Emperor by Norma Field Peasants, Rebels, and Outcastes by Mikiso Hane Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower Memories of Silk and Straw by Junichi Saga A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman