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Samurai,The Greatest Battles and Warriors
Depicted in Japanese Art
Brief Description
An exciting visual record of the greatest battles and warriors in Japanese history! This book describes the momentous battles in Japanese history and the renowned Samurai who fought them, as seen in over 300 great works of art by leading artists, including Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige...
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Description
An exciting visual record of the greatest battles and warriors in Japanese history!
This book describes the momentous battles in Japanese history and the renowned Samurai who fought them, as seen in over 300 great works of art by leading artists, including Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige and Utagawa Kunisada. Art historian Andreas Marks has scoured museum archives and private collections worldwide to present the finest prints and coloured folded screen paintings depicting the dramatic events and personalities that shaped Japan as a nation.
Marks includes descriptions and striking visual images of over 50 battles and 75 great warriors, including:
- The Battle of Dannoura (1185): The final battle of the Genpei War, in which Minamoto forces led by Yoshitsune defeated the Taira fleet led by Tomomori. Emperor Antoku and many Taira committed suicide, spelling an end to the clan and ushering in the Kamakura shogunate.
- The Battle of Okehazama (1560): A decisive battle where Oda Nobunaga's samurai were outnumbered but managed to defeat Imagawa Yoshimoto's larger army. This victory was achieved through a surprise attack in driving rain and led to the final downfall of the Imagawa clan in the Tokai region.
- The Battle of Nagashino (1575): Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga unite to defeat Takeda Katsuyori. They employ innovative tactics, revolutionising Japanese warfare to secure a decisive victory against the formidable Takeda clan.
- The Battle of Sekigahara (1600): The greatest and bloodiest battle in Japanese history, in which Tokugawa Ieyasu's Eastern Army defeated the Toyotomi clan's Western Army, leading to the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate which unified and ruled Japan for over 250 years.
This richly-illustrated volume will be of huge interest to military history buffs and fans of the Emmy award-winning Shogun TV series, providing coverage of the epic battles, weaponry and armour to be featured in the upcoming 2027 and 2028 seasons.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9784805320327
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 08 September 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Tuttle Publishing
Illustration: 333 full-color woodblock prints & screen paintings by famous Japanese artists
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 191.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Dr. Andreas Marks received his PhD from Leiden University with a dissertation on 19th-century actor prints. Since 2013, he has been the Mary Griggs Burke Curator of Japanese and Korean Art and Director of the Clark Center for Japanese Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. His research has earned the International Ukiyo-e Society Award and the International Fine Print Dealers Association's top book award twice (2018 and 2022). In 2024, he received a commendation from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for his contributions to promoting Japanese culture. He is the author of almost 30 books, including Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks: 1680-1900 and Japanese Yokai and Other Supernatural Beings: Authentic Paintings and Prints of 100 Ghosts, Demons, Monsters and Magicians.
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