Samurai Heraldry - Turnbull, Stephen

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Auteur(s) : Turnbull, Stephen

Editeur : Bloomsbury Usa

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/03/2002

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 64

Expédition : 222

Dimensions : 24.7 x 18.4 x 0.6

ISBN : 9781841763040

Résumé :

Appearance of mon as early as Nara period
12th C Taira & Minamoto wars, hata-jirushi
13th/14th Cs: the Mongol invasions period
15th/16th Cs: heraldry carried on shields, nobori banners, sashimono flags attached to armour, maku screens
Army organisation produces system of coloured unit flags/symbols
Buddhist & Christian symbolism
Uma-jirushi commanders' flags
Tsukai-ban messenger corps: the horo displayed cloak
17th C: the fully developed system of the early Edo period.

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Biographie:
Stephen Turnbull is a leading English language authority on medieval Japan and the samurai. He has travelled extensively in the Far East, particularly in Japan and Korea, and is the author of a number of major books on the subject. He has contributed several titles to the Osprey Military list since his original Men-at-Arms 86, Samurai Armies 1550-1615, in 1979....

Sommaire:
The dazzling spectacle presented by the armies of medieval Japan owed much to the highly developed family and personal heraldry of samurai society. From simple personal banners, this evolved over centuries of warfare into a complex system of flags worn or carried into battle, together with the striking 'great standards' of leading warlords. While not regulated in the Western sense, Japanese heraldry developed as a series of widely followed practices, while remaining flexible enough to embrace constant innovation. Scores of examples, in monochrome and full colour, illustrate this fascinating explanation of the subject by a respected expert on all aspects of samurai culture....