A History of the Samurai by Lopez-Vera, Jonathan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page About Tuttle Copyright Page Contents Dedication Note on the Japanese Language Preface Chapter 1: The Emergence of the Samurai

The First Warriors The First Samurai The Samurai Control the Court

Chapter 2: The Genpei Wars

Young Samurai in Exile First Phase: Conflict Breaks Out Second Phase: Internal Struggle for the Minamoto Leadership Third Phase: Yoshitsune Wins the War

Chapter 3: The First Samurai Government

Tying up Loose Ends Yoritomo’s Bakufu The Death of Yoritomo The Waning and Fall of the Kamakura Shōgunate

Chapter 4: The Mongol Invasion Attempts

The Great Continental Threat First Assault, 1274 Second assault, 1281

Chapter 5: A Century of Civil War

Chapter 6: Contact with Europe

Portuguese in Japan The Arrival and Spread of Harquebuses Weapons for Souls: The Catholic Mission in Japan

Chapter 7: The Unification of Japan

Late Sengoku Period: Fewer More Powerful Rivals Oda Nobunaga Planted the Rice… …Toyotomi Hideyoshi Cooked It… …and Tokugawa Ieyasu Ate It All Up

Chapter 8: The Invasion of Korea

Possible Motives and Preparations First Invasion and Truce Second Invasion and Outcome

Chapter 9: The Tokugawa Shōgunate

Chapter 10: The Keichō Diplomatic Mission

The Project From Japan to Rome: Great Expectations From Rome to Japan: Empty-handed

Chapter 11: The End of the Samurai

Domestic Dynamite: The Waning of the Bakuhan External Detonator: The New Western Threat Explosion: The Wrecking of the Bakufu Meiji: The Construction of a New Japan

Epilogue: The Samurai Myth Bibliography Chronology Emperors of Japan Shōgunate of Japan Maps of Japan Back Cover