Kendo : culture of the sword

Author(s)

• Bennett, Alexander

Bibliographic Information

Kendo : culture of the sword

Alexander C. Bennett

University of California Press, 2015

• : cloth

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-270) and index

Contents of Works

• The art of killing : swordsmanship in medieval Japan
• The art of living : early-modern kenjutsu
• The fall and rise of samurai culture : kenjutsu's nationalization
• Sharpening the empire's claws
• Kendo and sports : path of reason or cultural treason?
• Crossing swords and borders : the global diffusion of kendo

Details

• NCID: BB19001247
• ISBN:
  • 9780520284371
• LCCN: 2015004621
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oakland, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xxxv, 286 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GV1142
  • DC23 : 796.86
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Kendo
  • LCSH : Swordplay -- Japan