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Samurai: A Very Short Introduction [#675]
Samurai: A Very Short Introduction [#675]
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心身を鍛錬し、刀を差した「サムライ」のイメージは黒澤明の映画をはじめ、文学、芸能、ポップカルチャーを通じ広く世界に知られています。その実像はどのようなものだったのでしょうか。日本の武家政権にとって転換点となった16世紀末の文禄・慶長の役、1877年の西南戦争などの出来事をなぞりながら、14世紀から19世紀半ばにその身分が消滅するまで、政治、芸術、哲学、宗教に影響力を持ち日本史を牽引する中心的存在であり続けた武士のありさまを描出します。
   

  • Author is a leading scholar of Japanese and samurai history
  • A lively and approachable introduction to the samurai class and its influence on Japan
  • Critiques the role of the samurai in the media and pop culture

   
The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, they were heavily featured in literature, art, theater, and even comedy, from the Tale of the Heike to the kabuki retellings of the 47 Ronin. This legacy remains with us today in the legendary Akira Kurosawa films, the shoguns of HBO's Westworld, and countless renditions of samurai history in anime, manga, and video games. Acknowledging these common depictions, this book gives readers access to the real samurai as they lived, fought, and served.
    
Much as they capture the modern imagination, the samurai commanded influence over the politics, arts, philosophy and religion of their own time, and ultimately controlled Japan from the fourteenth century until their demise in the mid-nineteenth century. On and off the battlefield, whether charging an enemy on horseback or currying favor at the imperial court, their story is one of adventures and intrigues, heroics and misdeeds, unlikely victories and devastating defeats. This book traces the samurai throughout this history, exploring their roles in watershed events such as Japan's invasions of Korea at the close of the sixteenth century and the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877. Coming alive in these accounts are the samurai, both famed and ordinary, who shaped Japanese history.

目次: 

Introduction

Chapter One: Becoming Those Who Served
Chapter Two: Early Warrior Authority
Chapter Three: War and Culture
Chapter Four: Warriors in an Age of Peace
Chapter Five: Samurai Invention and Decline

References
Further Reading
Index

著者について: 

Michael Wert is Associate Professor of East Asian History at Marquette University. Specializing in early modern and modern Japan, he is the author of Meiji Restoration Losers: Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan.

Reviews to the Previous Edition

"In this myth-busting race through 1,100 years of samurai history, Wert reveals how the Japanese warrior class not only not only influenced military matters, but also culture, religion, and the arts." -- Ellie Cawthorne and Matt Eltom, BBC History Magazine
    

"The term samurai brings to mind disciplined, well-trained warrior-soldiers, skillfully wielding swords and following a strict military-ethical code of honor and sacrifice. Michael Wert, an associate professor at Marquette University who specializes in Japanese history, seeks to dispel this popular depiction in his fascinating short history of the samurai." -- Francis P Sempa

商品情報

ISBN : 9780190685072

著者: 
Michael Wert
ページ
144 ページ
フォーマット
Paperback
サイズ
111 x 174 mm
刊行日
2021年06月
シリーズ
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Samurai: A Very Short Introduction [#675]

Samurai: A Very Short Introduction [#675]

Samurai: A Very Short Introduction [#675]