![]() The 'closed country' policy adopted by Japan in 1639 measure of wealth expressed through the yield of rice fields NORTH AMERICA Osprey Direct, c/o Random House Distribution Center, 400 Hahn Road, Westminster, MD 21157Į-mail: daimyo jokamachi All enquiries should be addressed to: Scorpio Gallery, PO Box 475, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 2SL The Publishers regret that they can enter into no correspondence upon this matter. All reproduction copyright whatsoever is retained by the Publishers. All pictures are from the author's own collection.Ī CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-10: 1-84176-960-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-84176-960-8 Page layout by The Black Spot Typeset in Helvetica Neue and ITC New Baskerville Index by Glyn Sutcliffe Maps by The Map Studio 3D bird's-eye views by The Black Spot Originated by United Graphics, Singapore Printed in China through World Print Ltd 06 07 08 09 10įor a catalogue of all books published by Osprey Military and Aviation please contact:Ī r t i s t ' s note Readers may care to note that the original paintings from which the colour plates in this book were prepared are available for private sale. Dates of birth and death are given where known. For the further convenience of the reader, the spelling in the quotations from East India Company documents has also been modernized. As England had not adopted the Gregorian calendar by the early 17th century, the dates appearing on the letters of the East India Company have been modified accordingly by adding ten days. Dates have been converted from the lunar calendar to the Gregorian calendar using Bramsen's Japanese Chronological Tables. ![]() Stephen Turnbull has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the Author of this WorkĪuthor's note Following conventional Japanese usage, all names are given with the family name first. Enquiries should be addressed to the Publishers. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Osaka 1615 The last battle of the samuraiįirst published in Great Britain in 2006 by Osprey Publishing, Midland House, West Way, Botley, Oxford OX2 0PH, UK 443 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, USA E-mail: © 2006 Osprey Publishing Ltd. Richard is married and lives in Sussex his three children Adam, Jason, and Christa are all professionally active in various artistic disciplines. 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 Finding Out during the 1960s. RICHARD HOOK was born in 1938 and trained at Reigate College of Art. He is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds. ![]() His work has been recognized by the awarding of the Canon Prize of the British Association for Japanese Studies and a Japan Festival Literary Award. STEPHEN TURNBULL took his first degree at Cambridge University, and received a PhD from Leeds University for his work on Japanese religious history.
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