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Color version samurai armor and weapon book from japan. Somehow, kuroyasha douki, the vile black night demon, escaped his prison in hell and returned to the earthly plane to wreak vengeance on the familyline of kabuto. Fighting to win samurai techniques for your work and life. Through this book sato describes men accomplished in martial arts, warriorcommanders in battle, and samurais own views of themselves.
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Descriptive cataloging guidelines for premeiji japanese books. He is master konuma, keeper of the ancient secrets of the samurai, and sand is about to become his newest pupil. Japanese armourers working on multiplate kabuto invariably use a kata. Zukai hojojutsu 1964 isbn 9784839002978 this is without doubt the greatest and most important of the hojojutsubooks.
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