Samurai Heraldry

Author:   Stephen Turnbull (Author) ,  Angus McBride
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Volume:   No.82
ISBN:  

9781841763040


Pages:   64
Publication Date:   20 March 2002
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Stephen Turnbull (Author) ,  Angus McBride
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Osprey Publishing
Volume:   No.82
Dimensions:   Width: 18.40cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.220kg
ISBN:  

9781841763040


ISBN 10:   1841763047
Pages:   64
Publication Date:   20 March 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Appearance of mon as early as Nara period · 12th C Taira & Minamoto wars, hata-jirushi · 13th/14th Cs: the Mongol invasions period, 15th/16th Cs: heraldry carried on shields, nobori banners, sashimono flags attached to armour, maku screens · Army organisation produces system of coloured unit flags/symbols · Buddhist & Christian symbolism · Uma-jirushi commanders' flags · Tsukai-ban messenger corps: the horo displayed cloak · 17th C: the fully developed system of the early Edo period.

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Stephen Turnbull is a leading English language authority on medieval Japan and the samurai. He has travelled extensively in the Far East, particularly in Japan and Korea, and is the author of a number of major books on the subject. He has contributed several titles to the Osprey Military list since his original Men-at-Arms 86, Samurai Armies 1550-1615, in 1979. Angus McBride, one of the world's most respected historical illustrators, has contributed to more than 70 Osprey titles. He worked in advertising agencies from 1947, and is a self-taught artist. In 1953 Angus emigrated to South Africa. He came back to the UK in 1961, and has worked freelance ever since. With his family he returned to South Africa in 1976, since when he has lived and worked in Cape Town.

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