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The samurai were an aristocratic class of warriors who imposed and maintained peace in Japan for more than two centuries during the Tokugawa or Edo period, 1603-1868. While they maintained a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence, as a result of the peace the samurai themselves were transformed over time into an educated, cultured elite--one that remained fiercely proud of its military legacy and hyper-sensitive in defending their individual honor. This book provides detailed information about the samurai, beginning with a timeline and narrative historical overview of the samurai. This is followed by more than 100 alphabetically arranged entries on topics related to the samurai, such as ritual suicide, castles, weapons, housing, clothing, samurai women, and more. The entries cite works for further reading and often include sidebars linking the samurai to popular culture, tourist sites, and other information. A selection of primary source documents offers firsthand accounts from the era, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.

Samurai --- J4202.10 --- J4106 --- Daimyo --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- communities -- social classes and groups -- samurai, bushi --- Japan: Sociology, anthropology and culture -- reference works --- E-books

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"What is Bushido? What is Budo? How are the culture and traditions of the samurai connected with the modern martial arts? Is the ancient wisdom of Japan's feudal warriors truly relevant in the twenty-first century? If so, how can it be accessed? This book addresses these questions, and is a must read not only for martial artists, but also for those who want to know more about the enigmatic Japanese mind and notions of self-identity"--Back cover.

J4202.10 --- J1685.70 --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- communities -- social classes and groups -- samurai, bushi --- Japan: Philosophy -- ethics -- bushidō, the way of the samurai --- Bushido. --- Samurai --- Samurai. --- Bushidō. --- Histoire et critique --- History. --- Histoire --- Bushido

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J1685.70 --- J4202.10 --- J4127 --- Japan: Philosophy -- ethics -- bushidō, the way of the samurai --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- communities -- social classes and groups -- samurai, bushi --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social identity and self --- History of civilization --- Japan

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Swords, Oaths, and Prophetic Visions investigates some of the most historically important political and social issues raised by the Genpei War (1180-1185). This epic civil conflict, which ushered in Japan's age of the warriors, is most famously articulated in the monumental narrative Heike monogatari (The Tale of the Heike). Elizabeth Oyler's ambitious work lays out the complex interconnections between the numerous variant texts of the Heike and the historical events they describe. But Oyler's innovative methodology also brings other texts and genres—the Gikeiki, the Soga monogatari, the Azuma kagami, and pieces from the kōwakamai (ballad-dramas) repertoire—into her analysis. Rather than concentrating on individual texts, Oyler focuses on the inter-textual relationships within this larger body of narrative and drama and the collective role of these works in creating and disseminating stories about some of the Genpei War's most contentious events. In so doing, she works toward a new understanding of the underlying cultural problems of which these tales are symptomatic and which they attempt to address.

Historical fiction, Japanese --- Japanese literature --- History and criticism. --- Japan --- History --- Gempei Wars, 1180-1185 --- Literature and the war. --- History and criticism --- E-books --- J5924 --- J4202.10 --- Japan: Literature -- premodern fiction and prose -- Kamakura and Chūsei in general (1185-1600) --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- communities -- social classes and groups -- samurai, bushi

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J5926 --- J5929.20 --- J4202.10 --- J5700 --- Japanese poetry --- -Japanese poetry (Collections) --- Japanese literature --- Japan: Literature -- premodern fiction and prose -- Edo period, Kinsei (1600-1867) --- Japan: Literature -- premodern fiction and prose -- ukiyozōshi --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- communities -- social classes and groups -- samurai, bushi --- Japan: Literature -- poetry in general --- Translations into English --- Japan --- Social life and customs. --- Social life and customs --- Translations into English.