Japan’s most celebrated tale of honour, loyalty, and revenge and the basis for the 2013 Hollywood feature film, starring Keanu Reeves; 47 Ronin is the epic tale of a heroic…

Updated and revised, with full-colour maps and all new images throughout, this concise history examines the most violent, turbulent, cruel and exciting chapter in Japanese history, the Age of Warring…

Offers a study of the Japanese hidden Christians and the development of their faith and rituals from the 16th century to the present: the Kakure Kirishitan, descendants of the communities…

The enthralling story of the rise and fall of Japan's greatest warlord dynasty: the Hojo family of Odawara, whose wars and battles over five generations exemplified the lives of the…

Over the centuries, naval relations between Japan and Korea appear to have alternated between peaceful trade and outright hostility. This work covers East Asia’s most famous warship - the legendary…

From the 10th century onwards the great Japanese monastic foundations of Nara and Mount Hiei maintained large armies of warlike monks. The tempestuous political rivalries that developed between the different…

Each great samurai warlord, or daimyo, had a division of troops known as the Hatamoto, ‘those who stand under the flag’. Such troops were naturally distinguished by dazzling apparel and…

From when the Empress Jingo-kogo led an invasion of Korea while pregnant with the future Emperor Ojin, tales of female Japanese warriors have emerged from Japan’s rich history. This book…