Author: Stephen TurnbullIllustrator: Peter DennisAbout this bookThe landscape of 16th- and 17th-century Japan was dominated by the graceful and imposing castles constructed by the powerful _daimyo_ of the period. In this the most turbulent era in Japanese history, these militarily sophisticated structures provided strongholds for the consolidation and control of territory, and inevitably they became the focus for many of the great sieges of Japanese history: Nagashino (1575), Kitanosho (1583), Odawara (1590), Fushimi (1600), Osaka (1615) and Hara (1638), the last of the battles that brought an end to a period of intense civil war. This title traces their development from the earliest timber stockades to the immense structures that dominated the great centres of Osaka and Edo.ContentsIntroduction _ Chronology _ Design and Development _ Tour of the Sites _ The Principles of Defense _ The Living Sites _ Operational History _ Aftermath _ The Sites Today _ Bibliography and Further Reading _
Author: Stephen TurnbullIllustrator: Peter DennisAbout this bookThe landscape of 16th- and 17th-century Japan was dominated by the graceful and imposing castles constructed by the powerful _daimyo_ of the period. In this the most turbulent era in Japanese history, these militarily sophisticated structures provided strongholds for the consolidation and control of territory, and inevitably they became the focus for many of the great sieges of Japanese history: Nagashino (1575), Kitanosho (1583), Odawara (1590), Fushimi (1600), Osaka (1615) and Hara (1638), the last of the battles that brought an end to a period of intense civil war. This title traces their development from the earliest timber stockades to the immense structures that dominated the great centres of Osaka and Edo.ContentsIntroduction _ Chronology _ Design and Development _ Tour of the Sites _ The Principles of Defense _ The Living Sites _ Operational History _ Aftermath _ The Sites Today _ Bibliography and Further Reading _ Glossary _ IndexPaperback; April 2003; 64 pages; ISBN: 9781841764290
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