Description
Product ID: | 9781472807960 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | CN |
Title: | Samurai Armour |
Subtitle: | Volume I: The Japanese Cuirass |
Authors: | Author: Trevor Absolon |
Page Count: | 372 |
Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, Military history, Weapons and equipment, Military history, Weapons & equipment, Japan |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The first of a two-part, exhaustively researched meditation on the astonishingly beautiful and intricate armour of the samurai. This volume focuses on the cuirass or dou, the armour that protected the warrior''s chest. For beauty, precision and strength, nothing has ever matched the combination of form and function found in the armour of the samurai. For a samurai, the consummate warrior, his suit of armour was so much more than ''just'' protective equipment that could save his life in the heat of battle--it was the embodiment of his personality, social status and very soul. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-11-30 |