Japanese Warrior Monks Ad 949-1603 by Stephen Turnbull

Osprey Warrior #70

Japanese Warrior Monks Ad 949-1603

Stephen Turnbull with Wayne Reynolds (Illustrator)

64 pages paperback 2003

2 editions

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From the 10th to the mid-17th century, religious organisations played an important part in the social, political and military life in Japan. Known as sohei ('monk warriors') or yamabushi ('mountain warriors'), the warrior monks were anything but p...

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