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Rutland: Charles E Tuttle Company, 1964.. First printing. ISBN 0 8048 0917 8. 4to, 483 pp, profusely illustrated throughout, 18 charts, bibliography, index. Original decorative cloth in clipped dustwrapper with loss of upper corner front panel. Very Good. A definitive study of the martial a. rts of feudal Japan, illustrating in detail the weapons, techniques, strategies, and principles of combat that made the Japanese warrior a terrible foe.' The authors 'outline the progression of the military class towards absolute power. Each of the . major ancient martial arts is then examined in detail and its evolution followed through the roles of famous masters of arms and fighters'..