books.google.co.jp - Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh through the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of Western scholarship on the origins and early development of warriors in Japan. This prelude to the rise of the samurai, who were to become the masters...http://books.google.co.jp/books/about/Hired_Swords.html?hl=ja&id=iNc89Xvh-D0C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareHired Swords
