Kendo: Culture of the Sword

Offers historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship. This book shows how this martial art evolved through a recurring process of "inventing tradition," which served the changing ideologies and needs of Japanese warriors and governments over the course of history.

• | By (Author): Alexander C. Bennett (Author)
• | Publisher: University of California Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 31, 2015
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 328 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0520284372
• | ISBN-13: 9780520284371