Samurai invasion of Korea 1592. sword Detailing the origins and development

Detailing the origins and development of the samurai sword

This fascinating book examines the exchange of information and goods by underwater means between Germany and Japan during the second half of WW2

With English translation

very rare to find in this good condition

Samurai invasion of Korea 1592. sword Detailing the origins and developmentBy the end of the sixteenth century the Samurai, Japanese warrior nobles, had taken total control of their domestic territory. Their unforgiving militarism needed a new foe to conquer: the target was China, the route to victory through Korea. But the Koreans were no pushover. It was a hard fought and, in the end, an unsuccessful campaign, the only time in their 1,500 year history that the Samurai had attacked another country. The Koreans drove them