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"At once a remarkable historical study of the samurai warrior class from its ancient origins to its transformation under the Tokugawa regime and a comparative study that makes Japan available for analysis alongside other great instances of state formation....Beautifully written."Ikegami, Eiko is the author of 'Taming of the Samurai Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan', published 1997 under ISBN 9780674868090 and ISBN 0674868099.
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