The dazzling spectacle presented by the armies of medieval Japan owed much to the highly developed family and personal heraldry of samurai society. From simple

The dazzling spectacle presented by the armies of medieval Japan owed much to the highly developed family and personal heraldry of samurai society. From simple

A translation of a unique 17th-century compendium of samurai heraldry, annotated with the symbolism and stories behind the banners. O-umajirushi is the earliest

The first of a two-part series on the armour of the samurai, this volumes traces first the history of the samurai themselves and then examines the history and e

This informative book looks not only at the medieval world in which heraldry thrived, but also at its language, the elaborate system of coded messages it convey