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For those looking for the real story behind the fictionalized movie account of the 47 Ronin story, this is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master, and faced certain death as a result. It led to one of the bloodiest episodes in Japanese history, and in the process, created a new set of heroes in Japan.

For 700 years, Japan was ruled by military commanders who waged war against one another incessantly. Shogun tells the fascinating story of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the man who finally unified and brought lasting peace to the nation. He established a new central government which enabled his descendants to rule Japan for the next 260 years—a period in which Japanese culture as we know it today flourished.

In 1467, the Onin War ushered in a period of unparalleled conflict and rivalry in Japan that came to be called the Age of Warring States. In this book, Stephen Turnbull offers a masterly exposition of the wars, explaining what led to Japan’s disintegration into rival domains after more than a century of relative peace, the years of fighting that followed and the period of gradual fusion when the daimyo (great names) strove to reunite Japan under a new Shogun. Peace returned to Japan with the end of the Osaka War in 1615.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1615, und die Samurai, Japans Kriegerelite, stehen auf dem Gipfel ihrer Macht. Geübt in jeder Kampftechnik von Schwertkampf und Bogenschießen bis Karate und Jiu Jitsu, ist der Samuraikrieger das letzte Bollwerk des Kaisers gegen die lüsternen, dreckigen Barbaren inner- und außerhalb Japans. Ergreifen Sie Ihr Schwert, junger Samurai! Dieser nützliche Karriereführer vermittelt Ihnen alles, was Sie brauchen, um die Ehre der Samuraiklasse aufrechtzuerhalten, ob auf dem Schlachtfeld oder anderswo.