Samurai. An Encyclopedia of Japan’s Cultured Warriors

457 Pages·2019·70.57 MB·English

by  Constantine Nomikos Vaporis

Samurai
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Samurai
An Encyclopedia of Japan’s
Cultured Warriors
Constantine Nomikos Vaporis
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Vaporis, Constantine Nomikos, 1957-
Title: Samurai : an encyclopedia of Japan’s cultured warriors / Constantine Nomikos Vaporis.
Description: Santa Barbara, California : ABC- CLIO, 2019. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018045146 (print) | LCCN 2018045584 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781440842719 (ebook) | ISBN 9781440842702 (hard copy : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Samurai— Encyclopedias.
Classification: LCC DS827.S3 (ebook) | LCC DS827.S3 V36 2019 (print) |
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Contents
Alphabetical List of Entries ix
Topical List of Entries xiii
Preface xvii
Introduction xxi
Timeline of Japa nese History Related to the Samurai, from the
Mid- Sixteenth Century through the Tokugawa and Meiji Periods,
1543–1889 xxvii
Entries 1
Primary Source Documents 377
Selected Bibliography 401
Index 409
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Alphabetical List of Entries
Administrative Headquarters (  jin’ya) Daimyô katagi (Portrait of a Daimyo)
Akô Incident Daimyo Residence Compounds
(daimyô yashiki)
Alternate Attendance (sankin kôtai)
Disrespect Killing (burei-u chi)
Ambassadors (Samurai)
Arai Hakuseki (1657–1725) Double- Guilt Doctrine (ryôseibai)
Armor Education
Aru Meiji- jin no kiroku: Aizu- jin Falcony (takagari)
Shiba Gorô no isho (Remembering Family Crests (kamon)
Aizu)
Fief (chigyô)
Bannermen (hatamoto)
Firearms
Books of Heraldry (bukan)
Foreign- Born Samurai
Boshin War (1868–1869)
Fukuzawa Yûkichi (1835–1901)
Budô shoshinshû (The Way of the
Hagakure (In the Shadow of Leaves)
Warrior: A Primer)
Hairstyle
Buke giri monogatari (Tales of
Helmet (kabuto)
Samurai Honor), 1688
Hohi ron (A Theory of Farting)
Bushi
Honchô Bugei Shôden (A Short Tale of
Bushido
Martial Arts in Our Country)
Castle Abolishment Law
Horse back Riding Ceremony
(haijôrei) and the Reconstruction of
(onorizome)
Castles
House Lands (tenryô)
Castle Towns (  jôkamachi)
House men (gokenin)
Castles (  jôkaku)
Ii Naosuke (1815–1860)
Chûshingura (Trea sury of the Loyal
Retainers) Income
Civil and Military Arts (bunbu) Intendants (daikan)
Clothing Isoda Koryûsai (1735–1790)
Coming of Age (genpuku) Itô Hirobumi (1841–1909)
Daimyo and Domains Kakizaki Hakyô (1764–1826)