Weapons of the Samurai

Stephen Turnbull is the world’s leading English-language authority on Japanese military culture. He is an Honorary Lecturer at Leeds, a Research Associate at SOAS and Visiting Professor of Japanese Studies at Akita International University. He has published 85 books and many journal articles.Johnny Shumate is a freelance illustrator. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor.Alan Gilliland spent 18 years as the graphics editor of the Daily Telegraph, winning 19 awards. He now writes, illustrates and publishes fiction (ravensquill.com), as well as illustrating for a variety of publishers (alangillilandillustration.blogspot.com).

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