Buch, Englisch, 104 Seiten, Format (B × H): 200 mm x 270 mm
Reihe: Samurai armies of the late Sengoku period / Till Weber
Volume I: Anatomy of a Samurai Army in the 16th and 17th Centuries
Buch, Englisch, 104 Seiten, Format (B × H): 200 mm x 270 mm
Reihe: Samurai armies of the late Sengoku period / Till Weber
ISBN: 978-3-96360-041-8
Verlag: Zeughausverlag
Author’s note
Periods of Japanese History
Basics of Japanese Military History c. 1600
Arms and Armour
Samurai
Ashigaru
Composition and Command Structure of a Samurai Army
Lord, Family, and Vassals
Command Structure
Feudal Samurai Service and Professional Troops in Garrisons
Strength and Composition of Armies
Army Divisions and Troop Types
Samurai Cavalry: Myth and Reality – The Takeda Re-Examined
Infantry I: Specialists with polearms
Infantry II: Missile Troops (Bow and Arquebus)
Honjin – The Headquarters Unit
Supply and Baggage Train
Samurai as Mercenaries
A Samurai Army in Action
On the March
In Camp
In Battle – Sengoku Period Tactics
A Standard Basic Unit Reconstructed
Key Terms in Japanese and English
Bibliography
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
The "Anatomy of a samurai army" details its composition, hierarchies, strengths and weaknesses as well as examining how it fought. Other aspects include:
the differences between samurai and European warfare;
the roles assigned to samurai and ashigaru in different armies;
how these armies, some of which were over 100,000 strong, functioned;
marching orders and camp facilities of the armies and;
where each individual samurai stood in the order of battle.
The reader will discover what may seem to be abstract or strange ideas by way of the most detailed examples possible, in both word and picture, that are based on a variety of Japanese sources.
