Tengu: The Shamanic and Esoteric Origins of the Japanese Martial Arts
This is the first in-depth study in English to examine the warrior and shamanic characteristics and significance of tengu in the martial art culture (bugei) of Muromachi Japan (1336-1573).
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-906876-22-7
- EAN: 9781906876227
- Produktnummer: 11403245
- Verlag: Global Oriental
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 245 S.
- Masse: H25.6 cm x B16.9 cm x D2.8 cm 632 g
- Gewicht: 632
Über den Autor
Roald Knutsen (1933- ) was born in Hertfordshire of Anglo-Norwegian parents and educated at The Perse School, Cambridge, and Watford Grammar School. After studying Art and Design he served as a regular in the Intelligence Corps and followed with a successful career in graphic design, choreographing complex medieval combat sequences for a computer film project in England and the USA, and writing. For the past half-century he has practised traditional Kenjutsu, Kendo, Iai-jutsu, and So-jutsu under a succession of famous Japanese masters, having menkyo-kaiden (senior master's licence), in one of the oldest transmissions of Iai-jutsu, and the rank of 6th dan Renshi in Kendo. He has researched and written extensively about the Japanese warrior traditions and aspects of Japanese history. He is also the author of Japanese Polearms (1963), Rediscovering Budo ( Global Oriental 2004), Japanese Spears, which he co-authored with his wife Patricia Knutsen (Global Oriental 2004) and Sun Tzu and the Art of Medieval Japanese Warfare (Global Oriental 2006).
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