Name: Samurai: A Very Short Introduction (en Inglés)
SKU: 53531373
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Author: Wert, Michael
ISBN: 9780190685072

portada Samurai: A Very Short Introduction (en Inglés)

Samurai: A Very Short Introduction (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Michael Wert

Editorial

Oxford University Press

Año

2021

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

144

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

17.6x11.4x0.8 cm

Peso

0.11 kg.

ISBN13

9780190685072

N° edición

Categorías

Japón
Historia de asia

Samurai: A Very Short Introduction (en Inglés)

Michael Wert (Autor) · Oxford University Press · Tapa Blanda

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The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, they were heavily featured in literature, art, theater, and even comedy, from the Tale of the Heike to the kabuki retellings of the 47 Ronin. This legacy remains with us today in the legendary Akira Kurosawa films, the shoguns of HBO's Westworld, and countless renditions of samurai history in anime, manga, and video games. Acknowledging these common depictions, this book gives readers access to the real samurai as they lived, fought, and served. Much as they capture the modern imagination, the samurai commanded influence over the politics, arts, philosophy and religion of their own time, and ultimately controlled Japan from the fourteenth century until their demise in the mid-nineteenth century. On and off the battlefield, whether charging an enemy on horseback or currying favor at the imperial court, their story is one of adventures and intrigues, heroics and misdeeds, unlikely victories and devastating defeats. This book traces the samurai throughout this history, exploring their roles in watershed events such as Japan's invasions of Korea at the close of the sixteenth century and the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877. Coming alive in these accounts are the samurai, both famed and ordinary, who shaped Japanese history.