Ergebnis für "Kodo Der Fluch des Samurai" in Geschichte

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1615, und die Samurai, Japans Kriegerelite, stehen auf dem Gipfel ihrer Macht. Geübt in jeder Kampftechnik von Schwertkampf und Bogenschießen bis Karate und Jiu Jitsu, ist der Samuraikrieger das letzte Bollwerk des Kaisers gegen die lüsternen, dreckigen Barbaren inner- und außerhalb Japans. Ergreifen Sie Ihr Schwert, junger Samurai! Dieser nützliche Karriereführer vermittelt Ihnen alles, was Sie brauchen, um die Ehre der Samuraiklasse aufrechtzuerhalten, ob auf dem Schlachtfeld oder anderswo.

This book traces the samurai throughout history, exploring their roles in watershed events such as Japan's invasions of Korea at the close of the 16th century and the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877. Coming alive in these accounts are the samurai, both famed and ordinary, who shaped Japanese history.

From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior. The Samurai emerged as a warrior caste in Medieval Japan and would have a powerful influence on the history and culture of the country from the next 500 years. Clements also looks at the Samurai wars that tore Japan apart in the 17th and 18th centuries and how the caste was finally demolished in the advent of the mechanized world.

Over the decades, the reputation of the samurai has grown to mythical proportions, owing to such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Yojimbo, as well as works such as James Clavell's epic Shogun. In Legends of the Samurai, Hiroaki Sato confronts both the history and the legend of the samurai, untangling the two to present an authentic picture of these legendary warriors.

The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps tells the thrilling story of the Shinsengumi - the legendary corps of Samurai warriors tasked with keeping order in Kyoto during the final chaotic years of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868).

Code of the Samurai is a 400-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido, the Japanese Way of the Warrior. With a bright, conversational narrative by Thomas Cleary, this book is indispensable to corporate executives, students of Asian culture, martial artists, or anyone sincerely interested in Japan and its people.