Tanaka 1587 : Japans greatest unknown samurai battle /

Tanaka 1587 : Japans greatest unknown samurai battle /

"In 1587 the 1,000-strong garrison of tiny Tanaka Castle in Higo Province (modern Kumamoto Prefecture) on Japan's southern island of Kyushu, held out for 100 days against an army ten times their size sent by the great general Toyotomi Hideyoshi. When the castle fell it was burned to the gr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Turnbull, Stephen R (Author), Turnbull, Stephen R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Other Authors: Clements, Jonathan, 1971- (author of foreword)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Warwick, England : Helion & Company Limited, 2019
Series:From retinue to regiment, 1453-1618 No 2
Subjects:
Tanakajō (Fujieda-shi, Japan) > History
Tanakajō (Fujieda-shi, Japan)
Tanakajō (Fujieda-shi, Japan) > History
1480-1603
Military art and science > Japan > History
Art et science militaires > Japon > Histoire
Military art and science
Japan > History > Period of civil wars, 1480-1603
Japon > Histoire > 1467-1603 (Époque des guerres civiles)
Japan
History
Table of Contents:
  • The unearthing of Tanaka Castle
  • The floating warriors
  • Hideyoshi's invasion of Kyushu
  • Sassa Narimasa and the Higo Rebellion
  • Hideyoshi's call to arms
  • The Wani family and Tanaka Castle
  • The Tanaka battle map and the siege lines
  • The Battle of Tanaka
  • The harrying of Higo
  • The legacy of Tanaka
  • Appendices

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