Hideyoshi planned to invade and conquer China, ruled at the time by the Ming dynasty, and when the Korean court refused to allow his troops to cross their country, Korea became the first step in this ambitious plan of conquest. The invasions of Korea launched by the dictator Toyotomi Hideyoshi (98)A?are unique in Japanese history for being the only time that the samurai assaulted a foreign country. Richard is married and lives in Sussex his three children Adam, Jason, and Christa are all professionally active in various artistic disciplines.Paperback. He has worked as a freelance illustrator ever since, earning an international reputation particularly for his deep knowledge of Native American material culture and has illustrated more than 50 Osprey titles. After national service with 1st Bn, Queen's Royal Regiment, he became art editor of the much-praised magazine Finding Out during the 1960s. Richard Hook was born in 1938 and trained at Reigate College of Art. He currently divides his time between lecturing in Japanese Religion at the University of Leeds and writing. Read more a Japan Festival Literary Award. His work has been recognised by the awarding of the Canon Prize of the British Association for Japanese Studies and. He has travelled extensively in Europe and the Far East and also runs a well-used picture library. Stephen Turnbull took his first degree at Cambridge University, and received a PhD from Leeds University for his work on Japanese religious history. Read more ended with the famous kami kaze, the divine wind, that destroyed the Mongol fleet and would live in the Japanese consciousness and shape their military thinking for centuries to come. Using detailed maps, illustrations, and newly commissioned artwork, Turnbull charts the history of these great campaigns, which included numerous bloody raids on the Japanese islands, and. Written by eastern warfare expert Stephen Turnbull, this book tells the dramatic story of the two Mongol invasions of Japan that pitted the masters of the steppes against the noble Samurai. However, it was only with the acquisition of Korea, that the Khan gained the maritime resources necessary for such a major amphibious operation. From his seat in Xanadu, the great Mongol Emperor of China, Kubla Khan, had long plotted an invasion of Japan. BIC Classification: 1FPJ 3H HBJF HBLC HBW JWL. Using maps and illustrations, this title charts the history of these great campaigns, which included numerous bloody raids on the Japanese islands, and ended with the famous kami kaze that destroyed the Mongol fleet. Tells the dramatic story of the two Mongol invasions of Japan that pitted the masters of the steppes against the noble Samurai. Description for The Mongol Invasions of Japan, 12 (Campaign) Paperback.

Samurai Invasion by Stephen Turnbull