The Japanese Sword: The Soul of the Samurai by Gregory Irvine

The Japanese Sword: The Soul of the Samurai

Gregory Irvine

128 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

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The development of the sword from its origins as one of the world's most effective cutting weapons is seen in the context of the emergence and development of Japan's ruling military class, the samurai, to whom it was indispensable both as a weapo...

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