Friday Karl F., Seki Humitake. Legacies of the Sword. The Kashima - Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997 . — 404 p . — ISBN: 978-05853-2962-8Western scholars are generally far less familiar with the samurai in his original role as warrior and master of arms than in his other functions as landowner , feudal lord , litterateur , or philosopher . Karl Friday examines samurai martial culture from a historical and worldview in this study.