wyszukanych pozycji: 59
Ninja Ad 1460-1650
ISBN: 9781841765259 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Ninja were the secret agents and assassins of feudal Japan and they remain a subject of enduring fascination. They first emerged during the power struggles of 9th and 10th century Japan, in response to the increasing demand for spies, informants and even assassins, and they were used until the mid-1600s when they disappeared on account of a campaign to destroy them. This title provides an accurate and detailed account of the reality of the Ninja, detailing their daily life, training, hiring, combat use and secret operations; also covered are the Ninja's use and knowledge of poisons,...
The Ninja were the secret agents and assassins of feudal Japan and they remain a subject of enduring fascination. They first emerged during the power ...
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82,79 zł |
The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan: A Study of Their Development, Beliefs and Rituals to the Present Day
ISBN: 9781138973961 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First major study in English of the Japanese 'hidden' Christians - the Kakure Kirishitan, who chose to remain separate from the Catholic Church when religious toleration was granted in 1873 - and the development of the faith and rituals from the 16th century to the present day.
First major study in English of the Japanese 'hidden' Christians - the Kakure Kirishitan, who chose to remain separate from the Catholic Church when r...
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241,30 zł |
Tokugawa Ieyasu
ISBN: 9781849085748 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Towards the end of the 16th century three outstanding commanders brought Japan's century of civil wars to an end, and even though reunification was first achieved under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, it was his successor Tokugawa Ieyasu who was to ensure a lasting peace. In terms of his strategic and political achievements Ieyasu ranks as Japan's greatest samurai commander. His battlefield prowess, however, needs careful consideration before accolades are offered, because Ieyasu was undoubtedly a lucky general. Mikata ga Hara, for example, was a defeat that the onset of winter saved from being... Towards the end of the 16th century three outstanding commanders brought Japan's century of civil wars to an end, and even though reunification was... |
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82,79 zł |
Ninja: The (Unofficial) Secret Manual
ISBN: 9780500021996 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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67,17 zł |
Wojownik mongolski 1200-1350
ISBN: 9788378897651 / Polski / Miękka / 2018 / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Mongołowie mogą poszczycić się jednym z największych sukcesów w światowej historii wojskowej. Pod dowództwem Dżyngis-chana i jego następców podbili większą część znanego ówcześnie świata, walcząc w różnych warunkach, od zamarzniętych stepów po pustynię Palestyny, od dżungli Jawy aż po wielkie rzeki Chin. Przy tych wyzwaniach wykazali się niezwykłą umiejętnością przejmowania, dostosowywania i doskonalenia rozległego zakresu elementów techniki wojskowej i technologii, od machin oblężniczych po działania wojenne na morzu. Niniejsza praca przedstawia...
Mongołowie mogą poszczycić się jednym z największych sukcesów w światowej historii wojskowej. Pod dowództwem Dżyngis-chana i jego następców...
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38,00 zł |
Japan’s Sexual Gods: Shrines, Roles and Rituals of Procreation and Protection
ISBN: 9789004288911 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Japan's Sexual Gods is an authoritative and original work that describes the unique deities represented by sexual objects in certain Japanese shrines and temples. Hundreds of sexual shrines still exist in spite of previous repression and range from the Tagata Shrine with its well-known giant festival phallus to small obscure places. Many also contain female sexual imagery and some phalluses act in a protective role. The study is based on observations of over 500 sexual sites including phallic festivals, many of which are modern inventions created purely for commercial reasons. The...
Japan's Sexual Gods is an authoritative and original work that describes the unique deities represented by sexual objects in certain Japanese s...
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634,96 zł |
The Samurai in 100 Objects: The Fascinating World of the Samurai as Seen Through Arms and Armour, Places and Images
ISBN: 9781473850385 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The fascinating world of the samurai as seen through arms and armour, places and images.
The fascinating world of the samurai as seen through arms and armour, places and images.
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93,84 zł |
Samuraj - Svět válečníka
ISBN: 9788086977096 / Czeski / 2024 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. V této knize nás autor zavede za hranice všeobecného a povrchního pohledu na samuraje a jejich historii. V dnešní době známe samuraje spíše jako neúprosného bojovníka a věrného služebníka svého lenního pána. Díky tomuto dílu se však dozvíte, že k všednímu životu těchto válečníků patřila také poezie a jiná výtvarná umění. V přehledně kompilovaných kapitolách najdete mnoho informací řazených dle vývoje a historie těchto fenomenálních bojovníků. Knihu doplňuje mnoho barevných i černobílých fotografií.
V této knize nás autor zavede za hranice všeobecného a povrchního pohledu na samuraje a jejich historii. V dnešní době známe samuraje spíše...
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148,84 zł |
Siege Weapons of the Far East (2): Ad 960-1644
ISBN: 9781841763408 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. From the 11th century AD, East Asian armies made increasing use of exploding missiles and siege cannon to reduce the fortifications of their enemies. Some of these weapons were very similar to those used in Europe - for example, the heavy siege cannon used in the siege of P'yongyang during the Japanese invasion in the late 16th century. Others, like the Korean hwach'a carts mounting over a hundred rockets that were used to bombard the Japanese at Haengiu in 1593, were very different from their European contemporaries. This book details the design and use of the wide range of weaponry...
From the 11th century AD, East Asian armies made increasing use of exploding missiles and siege cannon to reduce the fortifications of their enemies. ...
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71,75 zł |
The Ottoman Empire 1326-1699
ISBN: 9781841765693 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Ottoman Empire and its conflicts provide one of the longest continuous narratives in military history. Its rulers were never overthrown by a foreign power and no usurper succeeded in taking the throne. At its height under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Empire became the most powerful state in the world - a multi-national, multilingual empire that stretched from Vienna to the upper Arab peninsula. With Suleiman's death began the gradual decline to the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699 in which the Ottoman Empire lost much of its European territory. This volume covers the main...
The Ottoman Empire and its conflicts provide one of the longest continuous narratives in military history. Its rulers were never overthrown by a forei...
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82,79 zł |
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
ISBN: 9781846039607 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Arguably the greatest military commander in the history of the samurai, Toyotomi Hideyoshi rose from the ranks of the peasantry to rule over all Japan. A student of the great unifier Oda Nobunaga, Hideyoshi would later avenge the murder of his master at the battle of Yamazaki. After consolidating his position, Hideyoshi went on the offensive, conquering the southern island of Kyushu in 1587 and defeating the Hojo in 1590. By 1591, he had accomplished the reunification of Japan. This book looks at the complete story of Hideyoshi's military accomplishments, from his days as a tactical... Arguably the greatest military commander in the history of the samurai, Toyotomi Hideyoshi rose from the ranks of the peasantry to rule over all Ja... |
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Samurai Armies 1550-1615
ISBN: 9780850453027 / Angielski / Miękka / 1979 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firearms the Japanese had ever seen: simple matchlock muskets called arquebuses. They proved a decisive addition to the Japanese armoury, as for centuries the samurai had fought only with bow, sword and spear. In 1575, during the Battle of Nagashino, one of the greatest original thinkers in the history of samurai, Oda Nobunaga, arranged his arquebusiers in ranks three deep behind a palisade and proceeded, quite literally, to blow his opponent's cavalry to pieces, marking the beginning of a new era in...
In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firearms the Japanese had ever seen: simple matchlock muske...
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71,75 zł |
The Ikkō-ikki Art of War: as illustrated in the military chronicles
ISBN: 9798796811474 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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59,52 zł |
Japanese Castles Ad 250-1540
ISBN: 9781846032530 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Renowned expert Stephen Turnbull examines the castles built in Japan, from the first primitive fortifications in the Yayoi Period (300 BC-AD 250) through to the first proper castles which began to be developed with the rise to power of the Yamato Court, the first emperors of Japan in around AD 250. Examining the close ties that early Japanese dynasties had to both China and Korea, Turnbull assesses how Japanese defensive architecture betrays these influences. Also examined is the effect that the terrain in Japan had on fortifications - from the early reliance on earthworks and... Renowned expert Stephen Turnbull examines the castles built in Japan, from the first primitive fortifications in the Yayoi Period (300 BC-AD 250) t... |
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Samurai Commanders (2): 1577-1638
ISBN: 9781841767444 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This second volume about Japan's samurai commanders covers the generals of the later years of the Age of the Warring States (Sengoku period), a period when only the most able leaders survived. This was a time when the prowess of a commander was measured as much by his strategic and organizational abilities as by his individual fighting skills and he was expected to give as great a show of strength in the council chamber as on the battlefield. This book discusses the lives, battles and wider roles of talented commanders such as Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi - great men who stood out...
This second volume about Japan's samurai commanders covers the generals of the later years of the Age of the Warring States (Sengoku period), a period...
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Tannenberg 1410: Disaster for the Teutonic Knights
ISBN: 9781841765617 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. By 1400 the long running conflict between the Order of Teutonic Knights and Poland and Lithuania was coming to a head, partly as a result of the Order's meddling in the internal politics of its neighbours. In June 1410 King Wladislaw Jagiello of Poland invaded the Order's territory with a powerful allied army including all the enemies of the Teutonic Knights - Poles, Lithuanians, Russians, Bohemians, Hungarians, Tartars and Cossacks. This book recounts how, when the armies clashed on the wooded, rolling hills near the small village of Tannenberg, the Teutonic Knights suffered a disastrous...
By 1400 the long running conflict between the Order of Teutonic Knights and Poland and Lithuania was coming to a head, partly as a result of the Order...
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Ashigaru 1467-1649
ISBN: 9781841761497 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The ashigaru were the foot soldiers of old Japan. Although recruited first to swell an army's numbers and paid only by loot, the samurai began to realise their worth, particularly with arquebuses and spears, until well-trained ashigaru made up a vital part of any samurai army. This book tells the story of the ashigaru for the first time, their origins, recruitment training and use in various wars, such as the Gempei Wars of 1180-1185 and the Onin War of 1467-1477. Stephen Turnbull draws on previously untranslated Japanese sources and unpublished illustrations that show the range of ashigaru...
The ashigaru were the foot soldiers of old Japan. Although recruited first to swell an army's numbers and paid only by loot, the samurai began to real...
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The Revenge of the 47 Ronin: EDO 1703
ISBN: 9781849084277 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. From 1600 till 1866 civil strife in public was virtually unknown in Japan; however, personal loyalty and self-sacrifice could at times rise above the samurai hierarchy to redefine Japanese culture. In 1703 former samurai avenged their lord in the most legendary raid in Japanese history. The story of the 47 ronin is a tale rich in emotion, precise planning, and flawless martial execution. This was the raid that turned Japan upside down. Lord Kira had brought about the death of Lord Asano, thus making Asano's loyal samurai into ronin (unemployed 'men of the waves'). In complete secrecy... From 1600 till 1866 civil strife in public was virtually unknown in Japan; however, personal loyalty and self-sacrifice could at times rise above t... |
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88,32 zł |
The Samurai Capture a King: Okinawa 1609
ISBN: 9781846034428 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A brilliant but little-known operation, the Shimazu clan raid on the independent kingdom of Rykkyu (modern Okinawa) in 1609 is one of the most extraordinary episodes in samurai history and the culmination of centuries of rivalry between the two powers. The defeat of the Shimazu at Sekigahara in 1600, and their need to win favor with the new ShMgun, led them to hatch an audacious plot to attack the islands on the ShMgun's behalf and bring back the king of Rykkyu as a hostage. Stephen Turnbull gives a blow-by-blow account of the operation, from the daring Shimazu amphibious landing, to their...
A brilliant but little-known operation, the Shimazu clan raid on the independent kingdom of Rykkyu (modern Okinawa) in 1609 is one of the most extraor...
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88,32 zł |
The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592-98
ISBN: 9781846032547 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The invasions of Korea launched by the dictator Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1592-1593 and 1597-1598)are unique in Japanese history for being the only time that the samurai assaulted a foreign country. Hideyoshi planned to invade and conquer China, ruled at the time by the Ming dynasty, and when the Korean court refused to allow his troops to cross their country, Korea became the first step in this ambitious plan of conquest. In 1592 a huge invasion force of 150,000 men landed at the ports of Busan and Tadaejin under the commanders Konishi Yukinaga and Kato Kiyomasa. These two Japanese divisions...
The invasions of Korea launched by the dictator Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1592-1593 and 1597-1598)are unique in Japanese history for being the only time tha...
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93,84 zł |