Book Review: The Book of the Samurai - The Warrior Class of Japan by Stephen R. Turnbull

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Book Review: The Book of the Samurai - The Warrior Class of Japan by Stephen R. Turnbull

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Title: The Book of the Samurai - The Warrior Class of Japan
Author: Stephen R. Turnbull
Publisher: Magna Books (Bison Books Ltd.), 1982
ISBN: 0-948509-30-9
Language: English
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 192 pages, 31 cm by 24 cm, hardcover
Topics: Documents, History, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Samurai
ID: B0301

This is one of the several books that Stephen R. Turnbull has written about Samurai. This one is a very broad one, and in that sense gives a good overview. Only a few armors ate in the book, but many paintings etc.

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