Stephen Turnbull

Kawanakajima 1553-64 (eBook, PDF)

Samurai power struggle
Illustrator: Reynolds, Wayne

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A slim, illustrated volume on a unique period of intense fighting in 16th-century Japan. Kawanakajima is unique in history. In the space of 12 years, between 1553 and 1564, this valley deep in the mountains of central Japan witnessed no fewer than five battles between two of Japan's greatest warlords. Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin were both descended from great families and were highly skilled tacticians. Both had taken the tonsure and risen to high rank in their respective Buddhist sects. When Shingen attempted to seize control of Shinano province they were set on a collision course. Stephen Turnbull chronicles the see-saw struggle between two men who epitomize the warrior daimyo from Japan's 'Warring States' period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846036521
• Artikelnr.: 45072496

Autorenporträt

Stephen Turnbull is widely recognised as the world's leading English language authority on the samurai of Japan. He took his first degree at Cambridge and has two MAs (in Theology and Military History) and a PhD from Leeds University. He is now retired and pursues an active literary career, having now published 85 books. His expertise has helped with numerous projects including films, television and the award-winning strategy game Shogun Total War.

Inhaltsangabe

Origins of the campaigns
Chronology
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
The Kawanakajima campaigns (1553, 1555, 1557, 1561, 1564)
Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Bibliography
Index