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Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of Western scholarship on the origins and early development of warriors in Japan.

Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan

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Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the... Read more

    Publisher: Stanford University Press
    Publication Date: 01/03/1996
    ISBN13: 9780804726962, 978-0804726962
    ISBN10: 0804726965

    Number of Pages: 284

    Non Fiction , History

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    Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of Western scholarship on the origins and early development of warriors in Japan.

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