Preface,
Part One:
The development of.
samurai warfare.
1. Early Samurai Warfare.
The Ancestors of the Samurai.
The Conscript Armies.
The Rise of the Mounted.
Warrior.
The First Samurai.
Early Samurai Battles.
2. Military Gentlemen.
The Way of Horse and Bow.
The Archery Duel.
Single Combat and the Samurai.
Sword.
Single Combat and the Dagger.
The Samurai in Group Combat.
3. The Warrior Monks.
The Sōhei of Kyōto and Nara.
Sōhei and Samurai.
The Sōhei in the Gempei War.
The Revival of the Sōhei.
4. Samurai Warfare in.
Transition.
The Kamakura Period and the.
Mongol Invasions.
Samurai as Guerrilla.
Development in Arms and.
Armour.
The Rise of the Sengoku.
Daimyō.
Part Two:
The techniques of.
samurai warfare.
5. Samurai Warfare in the.
Sengoku Period.
From Mounted Archer to.
Mounted Spearman.
The Role and Status of the.
Ashigaru.
The Composition of Samurai.
Armies.
Organisation and Communication.
on the Battlefield.
The Sengoku Battle.
6. Specialised Units in the.
Sengoku Army.
Archers and Spearmen.
The Introduction of Firearms.
From Nagashima to Nagashino.
Cannon in Samurai Warfare.
7. The Castle in Samurai.
Warfare.
The Early Castles.
Castles in the Nambokuchō.
Wars.
Castles in the Sengoku Period.
The Introduction of Stone.
Methods of Attack.
8. Samurai Naval Warfare.
Early Naval Warfare.
The Battle of Dan no Ura.
The Mongol Invasions.
Naval Warfare in the Sengoku.
Period.
The Battles of Miyajima and.
Kizugawaguchi.
Part Three:
The application of.
samurai warfare.
9. Case Study 1: The Army.
The Takeda at Mikata-ga-hara,
1572.
The Organisation of the.
Matsuura Army.
The Matsuura Kakemono.
10. Case Study 2: The Battle.
The Shimazu Tactical System.
The Battle of Anegawa.
11. Case Study 3: The Siege.
Osaka - The Winter Campaign.
Osaka - The Summer Campaign.
12. Case Study 4: The.
Campaign.
The Revival of the Monk-.
Soldiers.
The Mikawa Monto.
Oda Nobunaga and the Ikkōikki.
The Defence of Nagashima.
The Fall of the Ishiyama Hongan-.
ji.
Epilogue.
Index and Glossary.