The First Samurai: The Life and Legend of the Warrior Rebel, Taira Masakado by Karl F. Friday

The First Samurai: The Life and Legend of the Warrior Rebel, Taira Masakado

Karl F. Friday

240 pages first pub 2007 (view editions)

nonfiction history informative fast-paced
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A portrait of Japan's first significant samurai leader and his worldWas samurai warrior Taira Masakado a quixotic megalomaniac or a hero swept up by events beyond his control? Did he really declare himself to be the "New Emperor"? Did he suffer di...

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