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Japanese Castles 1540-1640

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Fortress - 1500 - 2000 A.D.

Last Stocked on 2/13/2021

Product Info

Title
Japanese Castles 1540-1640
Publisher
Category
Author
Stephen Turnbull
Publish Year
2003
Pages
64
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147398962
MFG. Part #
OSPFOR005
Type
Softcover
Series
FOR5

Description

The landscape of 16th- and 17th-century Japan was dominated by the graceful and imposing castles constructed by the powerful ‘daimyo’ of the period. In this the most turbulent era in Japanese history, these militarily sophisticated structures provided strongholds for the consolidation and control of territory, and inevitably they became the focus for many of the great sieges of Japanese history: Nagashino (1575), Kitanosho (1583), Odawara (1590), Fushimi (1600), Osaka (1615) and Hara (1638), the last of the battles that brought an end to a period of intense civil war. This title traces their development from the earliest timber stockades to the immense structures that dominated the great centers of Osaka and Edo.