Warriors of Japan as portrayed in the war tales

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Label

Warriors of Japan as portrayed in the war tales

Statement of responsibility

Paul Varley

Creator

• Varley, H. Paul

Subject

• East Asian Languages & Literatures
• Generals in literature
• Generals in literature
• Geschichte 900-1700
• Gunki monogatari
• Japan
• Japan
• Japan -- Social life and customs -- To 1600
• Japanese fiction
• Japanese fiction -- 1185-1600 -- History and criticism
• Japanese fiction -- Heian period
• Japanese fiction -- Heian period, 794-1185 -- History and criticism
• Japans
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Krijgsmacht
• LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian | General
• Languages & Literatures
• Letterkunde
• Manners and customs
• Oorlogvoering
• Tales
• Tales -- Japan -- History and criticism
• To 1600
• Wapens (krijgskunde)
• War stories, Japanese
• War stories, Japanese -- History and criticism
• Kriegsliteratur

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

• The war tales (gunki-mono) of Japan recount the stories of warriors and their battles from the tenth century, when a warrior class first emerged in the provinces of Japan, until the seventeenth century. A blend of history and fiction, the war tales are one of the most important sources of knowledge about Japan's premodern warriors
• In Warriors of Japan a leading cultural historian of premodern Japan draws a rich portrait of warrior life and society in ancient and early medieval times. Through this study, the reader enters the lives of the warriors, observing how they fought, what they believed, what their weapons, armor, and other battle accoutrements were, what customs and personal relationships governed their lives, who their heroes were
• Although many of the major war tales have been translated into English, Warriors of Japan is the first book-length study of the tales and their place in Japanese history. It is a major contribution to the cultural history of the ancient and medieval periods, revealing much about the medieval psyche and the evolving perceptions of warriors, warfare, and warrior customs
• Readable as well as scholarly, Warriors of Japan will appeal to the general reader with an interest in Japan as well as to Japan specialists, teachers, and students

Action

digitized

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

895.6/3009358

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Language note

English

LC call number

PL747.25.W3

LC item number

V37 1994eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography