Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949–1603 by Stephen Turnbull

Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949–1603

Osprey Warrior #70

Stephen Turnbull

64 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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From the 10th to the mid-17th century, religious organisations played an important part in the social, political and military life in Japan. Known as sohei ('monk warriors') or yamabushi ('mountain warriors'), the warrior monks were anything but p...

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