Tanaka 1587: Japan's Greatest Unknown Samurai Battle
(Part of the From Retinue to Regiment 1453-1618 Series)
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In 1587 the 1,000-strong garrison of tiny Tanaka Castle in Higo Province (modern Kumamoto Prefecture) on Japan's southern island of Kyushu, held out for 100 days against an army ten times their size sent by the great general Toyotomi Hideyoshi. When the castle fell it was burned to the ground, and for four centuries the epic struggle lived on only through a handful of letters, two little-known war chronicles and in the folk memories of the local people...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1912866498
ISBN13:9781912866496
Release Date:October 2019
Publisher:Helion & Company
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.9" x 9.7"
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