ELITE SERIES
ANTHONY J BRYANT ANGUS McBRIDE EDITOR: MARTIN WINDROW
ELITE SERIES
THE SAMURAI
Text by
ANTHONY J BRYANT
Colour plates by
ANGUS McBRIDE First published in Great Britain i
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
murai. r. Japan, Samurai, to 1868
IL, Series
ISBN 0 85045 897 8
Filmset in Great Britain
Printed in China through World Print Ltd.
Errata
We regret the following minor errors, which were
only detected at a late stage of produetion. Plate Ar:
There should be only one row of white lacing at the
top, followed by one yellow, followed by the graded
shades from lightest pink to deep red. Plate Aj: The
top two rows should be one purple above one red, not
two red.
Dedication
For the Sakuras—Steve and Kimmy Bloom
started something big: and with affection to my
friends in the SCA,
Acknowledgements
This book would not have been possible without the
help and co-operation of se
eral people, notably
Yutaka Matsushita (a.k.a. Kézan-sensei) and Tomiz6
Usami, owner and manager of the Tokyo armour shop
Yoroi no Kézan-Dé (1-23-11 Asakusabashi, Taité-ku
who let me prowl and poke around at all hours. Also
a sincere thank you to Those Who Game Before
Steve Turnbull, H. Russell Robinson, and especially
to the man who may be Japan’s greatest living expert
on the manufacturer of armour, Yoshihiko Sasama
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