ISBN10: 1855326191, ISBN13: 9781855326194, [publisher: Osprey] Softcover Osprey Campaign Series - 1500 - 1700 A.D. Nagashino 1575 (Revised Edition) (MINT/New)Manufacturer: OspreyProduct Line: Campaign Series - 1500 - 1700 A.D.Type: SoftcoverCode: OSPCAM069Copyright Date: 2000Author: Stephen TurnbullPage Count: 96Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is MINT/New. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description:When Portuguese traders took advantage of the constant violence in Japan to sell the Japanese their first firearms, one of the quickest to take advantage of this new technology was the powerful daimyo Oda Nobunaga. In 1575 the impetuous Takeda Katsuyori laid siege to Nagashino castle, a possession of Nobunaga's ally, Tokugawa Ieyasu. An army was despatched to relieve the siege, and the two sides faced each other across the Shidarahara. The Takeda samurai were brave, loyal and renowned for their cavalry charges, but Nobunaga, counting on Katsuyori's impetuosity, had 3,000 musketeers waiting behind prepared defences for their assault. The outcome of this clash of tactics and technologies was to change the face of Japanese warfare forever.
[Fitchburg, WI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]