Title: Samurai An Illustrated History
Author: Kure, Mitsuo
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Year: 2002 (2001)
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Info: 192 pages, 31 cm by 24 cm, hardcover
ID: B0302
Nice general samurai overview book with several armors, re-enactors and drawings.
The picture on the cover is rather famous as it illustrates that by the time that photography became available, many 'samurai' did not know anymore how to put on an armor properly. The sode are reversed...
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