This is the first book in English to provide a fully illustrated guide to the development of polearms - ranging from the earliest halberds and spears reaching Japan from the Asian mainland to the sophisticated naginata, nagamaki and various forms of yari used by the Japanese sumarai through the medieval

When it comes to martial traditions, Dr. Robert Dohrenwend exemplifies a rare breed of scholar-warrior. You will find four chapters in this book devoted to weapons that have had enormous impact on world civilizations: the sling, sai, walking stick, and spear. With the spear and sling, we traverse millennia of

Books about Things Japanese, Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan, for the Use of Travellers and Others

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the Nanjing Massacre, together with an in-depth analysis of various aspects of the event and related issues. Drawing on original source materials collected from various national archives, national libraries, church historical society archives, and university libraries in China, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom and

Books about Catalogue of the Naval & Military Exhibition, Historic, Technical and Artistic, Held in the Royal Scottish Academy Galleries, Edinburgh, Opened on Waterloo Day, June 18, 1889