Legacies of the Sword

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Legacies of the Sword is written by Karl F. Friday and published by University of Hawaii Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0824818792 (ISBN 10) and 9780824818791 (ISBN 13).

Western scholars and educators are generally far less familiar with the samurai in his original-and, ostensibly, primary-role as warrior and masters of arms than in his other functions as landowner, feudal lord, literature, or philosopher. Yet, any attempt to comprehend fully the samurai without considering his military abilities and training (bugei) is futile. With verve and wit, Karl Friday combines the results of nearly two decades of fieldwork and archival research to examine samurai martial culture from a broad perspective: as a historical phenomenon, as a worldview, and as a system of physical, spiritual, and moral education.