Japanese Spears: Polearms and Their Use in Old Japan Review

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(More customer reviews)The book is very well prepared and historicaly well based.
The writer deeply investigated the context between the history of the polearms and the history of the imigrant nations. The book richly describe the culture of the polearms as Naginata, Yari, Nagimaki weapons and their existing and historical forms.
We can read about also the religional background of the weapons.
The book also shows the practical martial use of polearms in limited sections.
There is no any word about the forging and crafting processes, so who are interested in it, had to choose an another book.
I realy enjoyed to read the book, as a "fan" of the Japanese nations and weapons.
The only bad thing what I have experienced, that it was realy difficult to connect to the pictures in the secdond section of the book.
There are realy detailed, labelings and explanations of the origin of the written resources, but there is no any direct link for ex. numbers or identification codes to the pictures. I had to use the Japanese names for identification, but sometimes it realy makes nervous.
For any cas the book is recommended for the ones who are fan or interesting for the Japanes polearms. I think it worth the price.



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This is the first book in English to provide a fully illustrated guide to the use of polearms ranging from the earliest halberds and spears reaching Japan from the Asian mainland to the sophisticated naginata, nagamaki and various forms of yari used by the Japanese samurai through the medieval period. While the sword remains the best known of Japanese weapons, it was the halberd (naginata) and then the yari that dominated the battlefields up to the early seventeenth century, and thereafter the yari became an important status symbol to many warrior families. Additionally, the authors focus on the actual method of use of these weapons, hitherto an almost unknown aspect in the West.

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