Samurai
Samurai

Author: John Man

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-02-10

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1409011054

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The name 'Samurai' is synonymous with the ultimate warrior. With their elaborate armour, fierce swordsmanship and code of honour, the samurai have become iconic figures whose influence can still be felt today . From Kurosawa's epic Seven Samurai to the figure of Darth Vader in Star Wars, to Manga comics and video games, the figure of the fighting samurai still inspires us today. In John Man's new book we discover the truth behind the legend. From his birth in the shadow of the great volcano Sakurajima, to his glorious death by ritual suicide and disembowelment, Saigo Takamori was the ultimate Samurai leader. His fall brought about the end of hundreds of years of Samurai tradition and in many ways marks the birth of modern Japan. Saigo was a man trapped by paradox: a faithful servant to the emperor, and yet a leader of rebel troops; a mighty Samurai warrior, and also a master of Chinese poetry. His life, and ultimately his death, offer a window into the hundreds of years of culture and tradition that defined the samurai.

Bibliographie Von Japan
Bibliographie Von Japan

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1935

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13:

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Vol. for 1859/93 includes a facsimile reprint of: Léon Pagès, Bibliographie japonaise dated 1859; vol. for 1894/1906 includes a supplement to Léon Pagès' Bibliographie japonaise and a list of the Swedish literature on Japan by Miss Valfrid Palmgren.

Sengoku
Sengoku

Author: Mark T. Arsenault

Publisher: Gold Rush Entertainment Incorporated

Published: 2003-06-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9781890305581

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The Sengoku: Character Sheets book contains 41 illustrated and revised, two-sided character sheets, plus 11 additional blank (un-illustrated) character sheets. Features 41 illustrations of popular character profession templates -- samurai, bushi, priests, mystics, shinobi and more!

Comrade Loves of the Samurai
Comrade Loves of the Samurai

Author: Ihara Saikaku

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2011-06-07

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1462900437

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In Comrade Loves of a Samurai, the theme of homosexual love between the samurai is explored. To the old Japanese such love among samurai was quite permissible. The sons of samurai families were urged to form homosexual alliances while youth lasted, and often these loves matured into lifelong companionships. Saikaku describes Japanese love scenes of all kinds with a frankness that has made him a favorite with expurgators, but he discusses different types of love with tenderness and compassion. The Songs of the Geisha included in this volume is a collection of geisha folk songs composed to be sung to the accompaniment of the shamisen. All of the songs have a charmingly nostalgic quality which fitted well with the time and the circumstances for which they were composed. They are intimately personal, expressing the feelings of the geisha towards their sympathetic listeners. Love, frustration, and the futility of hope are their main themes. These lyrics, for all their erotic symbolism, are restrained and tactful, and their erotic beauty must be felt rather than heard. Both books were originally privately published in London in 1928 as a two volume set entitled Eastern Love.