EDO - Samurai Books

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http://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2014/07/book-samurai.html

Books about Samurai

warriour, tsuwamono, bushi　兵、武士、兵士
samurai, buke　侍、 武家
Lord of a Domain,Daimyo, daimyoo　大名
"light legs", ashigaru 足軽 common foot soldier
yakko 奴 Yakko servants, carrier at a Daimyo Estate

. Samurai of the Edo Period - Introduction .

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Samurai Painters (Great Japanese art)
Stephen Addiss



- The text covers the following subjects:
Origins of the Samurai, The Heian Samurai, The Emergence of Warrior Government, Samurai Arts and Zen, The World of the Muromachi Shogun, The Momoyama and Early Edo Periods,
Miyamoto Musashi: Swordsman and Artist.
It features 8 works by Miyamoto Musashi (Niten): Horse, Shrike, Dove on a Red Plum Tree, the screen of the Waterfowls, Hotei Watching a Cockfight, Cormorant, Daruma Crossing the River, and Daruma Meditating. There is just one work by Kaiho Yusho: a detail of the Pine and Peacock hanging scroll.
- source : www.amazon.com
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