Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early

Warfare in early medieval Japan was deeply linked to the social structure. Examining the causes and conduct of military operations informs and enhances our understanding of the tenth to fourteenth centuries - the formative age of the Samurai. A thorough and informative review, this study highlights the complex causal relationships between the structures and sources of early medieval political power, technology, and the conduct of war.

Karl F. Friday is a professor of Japanese History at the University of Georgia.

List of figures

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction

1

(18)

The meaning of war

19

(15)

The concept of Just War

20

(3)

Private war

23

(6)

Feuding and self-help

29

(3)

Ritual war

32

(2)

The organization of war

34

(29)

Hired swords and franchise armies

36

(7)

Equilibrium and revolution

43

(10)

The Kamakura vassal corps

44

(5)

Officers and the chain of command

49

(4)

Warbands and warbonds

53

(10)

The tools of war

63

(39)

Manufacture and procurement of weapons

64

(4)

Projectile weapons

68

(9)

Shock weapons

77

(12)

Protective weapons

89

(7)

Horses and tack

96

(6)

The science of war

102

(33)

The way of the horse and bow

103

(9)

Shaping battle

112

(16)

Ambushes and raids

115

(4)

Fortifications and strongholds

119

(9)

New wine in old bottles

128

(7)

The culture of war

135

(29)

Reputation, honor and warrior personality

137

(3)

Deception, guile and surprise

140

(5)

Battle cries and self-introduction

145

(4)

Prisoners of war

149

(3)

Head-hunting

152

(3)

Non-combatants

155

(9)

Epilog

164

(5)

Notes

169

(30)

References and bibliography

199

(32)

Index

231

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