Military history of Japan
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Conlan,Thomas D. In Little Need of Divine Intervention. Takezaki Suenaga’s Scrolls of the Mongol Invasions of Japan. New York, East Asia Program Cornell University, 2001.
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Farris, William W. Heavenly Warriors. The Evolution of Japan’s Military, 500-1300. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1992.
Ferejohn, John A. and McCall Rosenbluth, Francis. (edit.) War and State Building in Medieval Japan. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2010.
Friday, Karl F. Hired swords : the Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1992.
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Fukushima, Shoichi. Bushido in Tokugawa Japan: a Reassessment of the Warrior Ethos. Berkeley, University of California, 1984. (Ph.D. dissertatie.)
Hillsborough, Romulus. Shinsengumi. The Shogun’s Last Samurai Corps. Tokyo, Tuttle Publishing, 2005.
Ikegami, Eiko. The Taming of the Samurai. Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1995.
Kokichi, Katsu. Musui’s Story. The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai. Tuscon, University of Arizona Press, 1988.
Knutsen, Ronald and Patricia. Japanese Spears. Polearms and their Use in Old Japan. Kent, Global Oriental, 2007.
Kure, Mitsuo. Samurai. An Illustrated History. London. Compendium Publishing. 2001.
Mol, Serge. Invisible Armor. An Introduction to the Esoteric Dimension of Japan’s Classical Warrior Arts. Mol, Eibusha, 2008.
Ravina, Mark. The Last Samurai. The Life and Battles of Saigô Takamori. Hoboken, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004.
Turnbull, Stephen. The Samurai Sourcebook. London, Cassell & Co, 1998.
------------------------ Ninja. Unmasking the myth. Yorkshire, Frontline Books, 2017.
Varley, Paul. Warriors of Japan as Portrayed in the War Tales. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1994.
History of Budo
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Bennett, Alexander (edit.) Budo Perspectives. Volume One. Auckland, Kendo World Publications Ltd. 2005.
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Draeger, Donn F. Classical Bujusu. The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan Volume 1. Boston, Weatherhill, 2007.
------------------------ Classical Budo. The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan Volume 2. Boston, Weatherhill, 2007.
Green, Thomas A. (edit.), Martial Arts of the World. An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, ABC CLIO, 2001.
Hall, David. The Buddhist goddess Marishiten: a study of the evolution and impact of het cult on the Japanese warrior. Leiden - Boston, Global Oriental, 2014.
--------------- Encyclopedia of Japanese Martial Arts. New York, Kodansha USA, 2012.
Hurst, G. Cameron III. Armed Martial Arts of Japan. Swordsmanship and Archery. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1998.
Mol, Serge. Bujutsu Densho. Exploring the Written Tradition of Japan’s Martial Arts Culture. Mol,
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Stevens, John. The Sword of No-Sword. Life of the Master Warrior Tesshu. Boston, Shambala, 2001.
Sugawara, Makoto. Lives of Master Swordsmen. Tokyo, The East Publications, Inc. 1985.
Tokitsu, Kenji. Miyamoto Musashi. His Life and Writings. Boston, Weatherhill, 2005.
Warner, Gordon and Draeger, Donn F. Japanese Swordmanship. Technique and Practice. New York, Weatherhill, 2003.
Yamada, Shôji. Shots in the Dark. Japan, Zen an the West. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Zensho-an (edit.). Yamaoka Tesshu. Zen and Swordsmanship from the Yamaoka Tesshu Archives. Tokyo, Zensho-an, 2009.
Schools and disciplines
Amdur, Ellis. Old School. Essays on Japanese Martial Traditions. Expanded Edition. Wheaton, Edgework, 2013.
---------------- Hidden in Plain sight. Tracing the Roots of Ueshiba Morihei’s Power. Wheaton, Edgework, 2018.
Craig, Darrell Max. Mugai Ryu. The Classical Samurai Art of Drawing the Sword. Boston, YMAA Publication Center, 2002.
Cunningham, Don. Taiho-jutsu. Law and Order in the Age of the Samurai. North Clarendon, Tuttle Publishing, 2004.
-------------------------- Samurai Weapons. Tools of the Warrior. North Clarendon, Tuttle publishing, 2008.
Evans, John Maki. Kurikara. The Sword and the Serpent. Berkeley, Blue Snake Books, 2010.
Friday, Karl F. met Seki Humitake. Legacies of the sword: The Kashima-Shinryu & Samurai Martial Culture. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1997.
Mol, Serge. Classical Fighting Arts of Japan. A Complete Guide to Koryu Jujutsu. Tokyo, Kodansha International, 2001.
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Otake, Risuke. Katori Shinto-ryu. Warrior Tradition. Berkeley Heights, Koryu Books, 2007.
------------------ Strategy and the Art of Peace. Tenshinshô-den Katori Shintô-ryû. Tokyo, Nippon Budokan, 2016.
Skoss, Diane (edit.). Koryu Bujutsu. Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan. Berkeley Heights, Koryu Books, 1997.
-------------------------- Sword & Spirit. Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan Volume Two. Berkeley Heights, Koryu Books, 1999.
-------------------------- Keiko Shokon. Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan Volume 3. Berkeley Heights, Koryu Books, 2002.
Sugino, Yoshio and Ito, Kikue. Tenshin Shoden Katori Shintoryu Budo Kyohan. Norderstedt, Books on Demand GmbH, 2010 (German text. First Japanese edition in 1941. Engelish version published in 2016).
Threadgill, Tobin and Ohgami, Shingo. Shindo Yoshin Ryu. History and Technique. Evergreen, New Willow Press, 2019.