Other editions of book Samurai Warriors

'The Samurai Warrior' examines the fighting men of Japan's Warring States period. Divided into six chapters, the book describes the unification under the Tokugawa bakufu, the major battles of the era, the weapons and armor used, the social structures of Japanese society, myths about the samurai, and finally the decline of the samurai amidst the modernization of the Meiji period.