Tanaka 1587: Japan's Greatest Unknown Samurai Battle by Stephen Turnbull

Tanaka 1587: Japan's Greatest Unknown Samurai Battle

Retinue to Regiment

Stephen Turnbull

128 pages first pub 2019 (view editions) user-added

nonfiction history
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In 1587 the 1,000-strong garrison of tiny Tanaka Castle in Higo Province (modern Kumamoto Prefecture) on Japan's southern island of Kyushu, held out for 100 days against an army ten times their size sent by the great general Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Wh...

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