Samurai and Tiger Wars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Samurai and Tiger Wars write by Jack Hunter. This book was released on 2014-10-31. Samurai and Tiger Wars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As the creation of Japanese woodblock prints grew in popularity in the late Edo period, tigers could be found in the designs of many important ukiyo-e artists, either alone or shown in conflict with legendary Japanese warriors and tiger-hunters such as Kato Kiyomasa, "conqueror" of Korea. Images of Kiyomasa and others hunting, fighting and killing tigers form perhaps the most common type of print involving man/beast death struggles. Other ukiyo-e designs focused on the mythological or "magic" aspect of tigers; in Japanese legend, tigers of a certain age acquired magical powers, and tiger magic was used in conflicts by sorcerer-warriors such as Tora-o-maru, who is depicted in numerous kabuki portraits. Finally, a significant number of ukiyo-e images show the tiger's image as an accessory -- tigerskins worn as items of clothing or displayed as trophies, tiger designs printed onto fabric, and warriors and outlaws with ferocious-looking tiger tattoos. TIGERe ^ANDe ^SAMURAIe ^WARS features over 100 rare and exceptional Japanese woodblock prints of tigers, tigers and samurai warriors, magic tigers, and tiger accessories, presented in full-page format and full colour throughout. The artists featured in the book include Kuniyoshi, Yoshitoshi, Yoshitsuya, Yoshikazu, Kunichika, Kunisada, Kyosai, Kunitsuna, and numerous others -- a list of many of the most outstanding ukiyo-e artists of Edo and Meiji, each of whom used their immense artistic talent and imagination to brilliantly illuminate their iconic subject.
The Tiger's Daughter
The Tiger's Daughter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Tiger's Daughter write by K Arsenault Rivera. This book was released on 2017-10-03. The Tiger's Daughter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A lush new epic historical fantasy series that evokes the ambition and widespread appeal of Patrick Rothfuss and the vivid storytelling of Naomi Novik
Wounded Tiger
Wounded Tiger - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wounded Tiger write by T. Martin Bennett. This book was released on 2016-11-15. Wounded Tiger available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Moving back and forth among three narratives, the novel tells the stories of Mitsuo Fuchida, the Japanese pilot who led the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II; Jake DeShazer, a U.S. Army Air Forces bombardier held as a POW in Japan; and Peggy Covell and her parents, missionaries who were killed in the Philippines.
Samurai Awakening
Samurai Awakening - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Samurai Awakening write by Ben Martin. This book was released on 2012-10-10. Samurai Awakening available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. **Winner of the 2013 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award** David Matthews is having a rough time. Being a teenager is bad enough, but when he picks up and moves to Japan for a year, with barely any knowledge of the language or social behaviors of Japanese teenagers, things go from bad to worse. Until one day, David attends a temple ceremony and finds himself possessed by a Japanese god. Suddenly, he can understand and speak Japanese. He has unbelievable new powers, including the ability to shift into a tiger, and a powerful sword he can materialize at will from its sheath—his body. But nothing comes for free, and these changes bring David face-to-face with the most terrifying creatures of Japanese legend—vengeful okami, demonic oni and terrifying ghostly yurei. Trained by his host family, famous sword-makers and the keepers of an ancient secret entrusted to their family by the first Emperor of Japan, David must fight desperately to save his host sister from a hoard of Japanese monsters. Evil has returned to Japan, and David must overcome his own insecurities if he is to save her and become a True Samurai—the protector of Japan.
The Gempei War 1180–85
The Gempei War 1180–85 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Gempei War 1180–85 write by Stephen Turnbull. This book was released on 2016-07-28. The Gempei War 1180–85 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Internationally renowned samurai expert Dr Stephen Turnbull delves into a pivotal era of Japanese history in this highly illustrated account of The Gempei War a conflict that defined the age and the ethos of the samurai. Never before had there been a large-scale clash between two rival samurai families, the Taira and the Minamoto, and never again would the result of a war in Japan be quite so dramatic. Fought to gain control over the emperor it would end with imperial power being totally eclipsed in favour of the military might of the samurai class and the establishment of the position of Shogun – Japan's military dictator. Turnbull examines the events of the five-year long conflict, revealing the changes that the war inflicted on Japanese culture and the establishment of many of the traditions of the samurai.
