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Far Eastern Quarterly (1945) 5 (1): 5–27.
Published: 01 November 1945
... responsible for Perry's success. They made even the most valiant samurai realize the inferiority of his medieval equipment to these huge and fast men-o'-war. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1945 1945 1
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, Japan, A short cultural history . New York...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2018) 77 (4): 1090–1096.
Published: 01 November 2018
... Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability . By Morgan Pitelka . Honolulu : University of Hawai‘i Press , 2016 . xiii, 221 pp. ISBN: 9780824851576 (cloth, also available in paper and as e-book). Obtaining Images: Art, Production and Display in Edo Japan . By Timon Screech . London : Reaktion Books...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2018) 77 (3): 805–812.
Published: 01 August 2018
... Press , 2008 ), 56 . Samurai to Soldier: Remaking Military Service in Nineteenth-Century Japan . By D. Colin Jaundrill . Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press , 2016 . xii, 229 pp. ISBN: 9781501703096 (cloth, also available as e-book). Curse on This Country: The Rebellious Army...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2005) 64 (4): 831–847.
Published: 01 November 2005
... : Oxford University Press . Friday Karl . 2004 . Samurai, Warfare, and the State in Early Medieval Japan . New York : Routledge . Fujiki Hisashi . 1987 . Sengoku daimyō no kenryoku kōzō . [The Power Structure of Sengoku Daimyō]. Tokyo : Yoshikawa Kōbunkan . Fujimoto Masayuki...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2005) 64 (1): 192–193.
Published: 01 February 2005
...Peter Lorge 192 T H E J O U R N A L O F A S I A N S T U D I E S In any case, in providing this glimpse into the hearts of these three grieving men, Boliltho has enriched our understanding of life and death in Tokugawa Japan. MARGARET H. CHILDS University of Kansas Samurai, Warfare, and the State...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2011) 70 (2): 581–582.
Published: 01 May 2011
...Reinier H. Hesselink Tour of Duty: Samurai, Military Service in Edo, and the Culture of Early Modern Japan . By Constantine N. Vaporis . Honolulu : University of Hawai‘i Press , 2008 . xii, 318 pp. $23.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2011 2011...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1983) 43 (1): 170–171.
Published: 01 November 1983
.... GOODMAN University of Kansas Tales of Samurai Honor. By IHARA SAIKAKU. Translated by CARYL A N N CALLAHAN. Tokyo: Monumenta Nipponica, 1982. 156 pp. Introduction, Preface, Appendix, Bibliography, Index. $4. Saikaku's tales of samurai life have never enjoyed much favor among scholars and critics, largely...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1970) 29 (3): 617–632.
Published: 01 May 1970
...Ray A. Moore Abstracts Historians have overstated the role of adoption as a channel of upward social mobility for poor but bright young samurai in Tokugawa Japan. An analysis of family histories and public service records of four han shows that adoption helped to preserve both samurai lineages...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2001) 60 (2): 353–380.
Published: 01 May 2001
...Douglas R. Howland Abstract Historically, tokugawa Samurai were a legal creation that grew out of the landed warriors of the medieval age; they came to be defined by the Tokugawa shogunate in terms of hereditary status, a right to hold public office, a right to bear arms, and a “cultural...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1960) 19 (4): 433–444.
Published: 01 August 1960
..., the equalization of classes, and the establishment of a conscript army, the need for a hereditary military class ceased to exist. Certainly, the presence of a samurai class, numbering approximately 1,800,000, or 400,000 families, stranded in a society in process of divesting itself of all feudal fetters...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2011) 70 (1): 241–243.
Published: 01 February 2011
...Tomoyuki Sasaki Provincial Life and the Military in Imperial Japan: The Phantom Samurai . By Stewart Lone . Abington : Routledge , 2010 . xi, 162 pp. $130.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2011 2011 It is common to describe Japanese society prior...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2006) 65 (1): 198–199.
Published: 01 February 2006
...Gregory Smits The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigō Takamori . By Mark Ravina . Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley and Sons , 2004 . xvi , 265 pp. $30.00 (cloth); $16.95 (paper). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2006 2006 198 T H E J O U R N A L O F A S I A N S T U D...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2010) 69 (3): 691–721.
Published: 01 August 2010
... the government in 1873. In his final years, during a period of tectonic cultural change, he was celebrated as a model of traditional samurai virtue. In January 1877, Saigō assumed command of a rebellion started by his impulsive followers and led an army of roughly 20,000 disgruntled samurai northeast toward...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1987) 46 (2): 415–417.
Published: 01 May 1987
... this Japanese genre and to explain why it is a genre. Her ideas will have to be taken into consideration by scholars who wish to continue this exploration. KAREN BRAZELL Cornell University Pagoda, Skull, and Samurai: Three Stories by Rohan Koda. Translated by CHIEKO IRIE MULHERN. Rutland, Vt., and Tokyo...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1986) 45 (2): 410–411.
Published: 01 February 1986
...George E. Moore American Samurai: Captain L. L. Janes and Japan . By F. C. Notehelfer . Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press , 1985 . xiv, 386 pp. Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography of Works Cited, Index. $30. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1986 1986 410...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1993) 52 (3): 733–734.
Published: 01 August 1993
...Thomas W. Burkman God's Samurai: Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor . By Gordon W. Prange , with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon . Washington, D.C. : Brassey's , 1990 . $21.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1993 1993 BOOK REVIEWS JAPAN 733 of artifacts...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2016) 75 (3): 839–840.
Published: 01 August 2016
...Michael Wert Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushidō in Modern Japan . By Oleg Benesch . Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2014 . viii, 284 pp. ISBN: 9780198706625 (cloth; also available in paper and as e-book). Copyright ©...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1971) 31 (1): 237.
Published: 01 November 1971
... Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1971 1971 Samurai . By H. Paul Varley with Ivan and Nobuko Morris . New York : Delacorte Press , 1971 . 135 pp. Notes, Chronology, Index, Map. $4.50. BOOK REVIEWS imaginative attempt to explain policy changes in the ia6o's...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1989) 48 (1): 171–172.
Published: 01 February 1989
...Dennis Lishka Death Was His Koan: The Samurai-Zen of Suzuki Shōsan. . By Winston King . Berkeley, Calif .: Asian Humanities Press , 1986 , 372 pp. $45.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1989 1989 BOOK REVIEWS JAPAN 171 loyalty, but several others reflect...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1989) 48 (1): 170–171.
Published: 01 February 1989
...M. William Steele Musui's Story—The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai . By Katsu Kokichi . Translated by Teruko Craig . Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 1988 , 178 pp. $19.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1989 1989 170 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...
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