Shinsengumi
The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps
Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps is the true story of the notorious samurai corps formed in 1863 to arrest or kill the enemies of the Tokugawa Shogun.The only book in English about the Shinsengumi, it focuses on the corps' two charismatic leaders, Kondo Isami and Hijikata Toshizo, both impeccable swordsmen. It is a history-in-brief of the final years of the Bakufu, which collapsed in 1867 with the restoration of Imperial rule. In writing Shinsengumi, Hillsborough referred mostly to Japanese-language primary sources, including letters, memoirs, journals, interviews, and eyewitness accounts, as well as definitive biographies and his…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4629-1358-9
- EAN: 9781462913589
- Produktnummer: 21858711
- Verlag: Tuttle Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'244 KB
- Abbildungen: b&w photos; maps; line drawings
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