Stephen Turnbull
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Dr. Stephen Turnbull is an expert on samurai. He is the author of more than 30 books and is recognized as one of the world's foremost military historians of the medieval and modern periods
Stephen Turnbull took his first degree at Cambridge University, and received a PhD from Leeds University for his work on Japanese religious history. He has travelled extensively in Europe and the Far East and also runs a well-used picture library, Japan Archive, which can be found at his website. His work has been recognised by the awarding of the Canon Prize of the British Association for Japanese Studies and a Japan Festival Literary Award. He is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds.
Curriculum Vitae
- Bachelors Degree, Cambridge University--Cambridge, England
- PhD, Japanese Religious History-- Leeds University
- Lecturer, Japanese Religion-- University of Leeds
- Honorary Research Fellow, Department of East Asian Studies--University of Leeds.
- Technical Advisor, theatrical productions and documentaries with Japanese themes.
- Consultant to video game companies, Japanese Themes
Books
The Samurai: A Military History (1977)Samurai Armies 1550-1615, Osprey (1979) ISBN 085045302X
[The Book of The Samurai, The Warrior Class of Japan], (192 pages) Arco (1982) ISBN 0668054158
[The Book of the Samurai] (Hardcover), Smithmark Publishers (February 1985) ISBN 0831776765
[Battles of the Samurai] (126 pages) Sterling Pub. Co (1987) ISBN 0853688265
[Samurai Warlords: The Book of the Daimyo (Hardcover)] (174 pages) Sterling Pub. Co (1989)ISBN 0713720034
[Samurai Warriors (Paperback)], Blandford Press (1991)ISBN 0713722851
[Ninja: The True Story of Japan's Secret Warrior Cult (Hardcover)], (160 pages) Firebird Books Ltd. (1991) ISBN 1853141097
[The Lone Samurai and the Martial Arts (Paperback)] Arms & Armour; Reprint ed(1992) ISBN 1854091441
The Samurai; A Military History, Routledge Curzon (1996) ISBN 1873410387
[Samurai: The Warrior Tradition (Hardcover)], (336 pages) Arms & Armour; Reprint ed (1996) ISBN 1854093592
Samurai Warfare, Sterling (1997)ISBN 1854094327
[The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan: A Study of Their Development, Beliefs and Rituals to the Present Day](272 pages) RoutledgeCurzon (1998) ISBN 1873410700
Nagashino 1575 : Slaughter at the barricades, Osprey (2000) ISBN 1855326191
[The Samurai Sourcebook (Paperback)], (320 pages) Sterling (2000) ISBN 1854095234
Ashigaru 1467-1649, (64 pages) Osprey (2001) ISBN 1841761494
[Samurai Heraldry], (64 pages) Osprey (2002) ISBN 1841763047
Siege Weapons of the Far East (1) : AD 612-1300, (48 pages) Osprey (2001) ISBN 184176339X
Siege Weapons of the Far East (2) : AD 960-1644, Osprey (2002) ISBN 1841763403
[War in Japan 1467-1615], (96 pages) Osprey (2002) ISBN 1841764809
[Samurai Invasion: Japan's Korean War 1592 -1598] (256 pages) Cassell (2002) ISBN 0304359483
Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949-1603, (64 pages) Osprey (2003) ISBN 1841765732
Kawanakajima 1553-1564: Samurai Power Struggle, Osprey (2003) ISBN 1841765627
[Fighting Ships of the Far East (1) : China and Southeast Asia 202 BC-AD 1419] (Paperback) (48 pages) Osprey (2002) ISBN 1841763861
[Fighting Ships of the Far East (2) : Japan and Korea AD 612-1639], (48 pages) Osprey (2003) ISBN 1841764787
[Japanese Castles] 1540-1640, (64 pages) Osprey (2003) ISBN 1841764299
Ninja AD 1460-1650, Osprey (2003) ISBN 1841765252
[Samurai: The World of the Warrior] (Hardcover) (224 pages) Osprey (2003) ISBN 1841767409
[Samurai : The Story of Japan's Great Warriors], (224 pages) PRC Publishing (2004) ISBN 1856487032
Japanese Fortified Temples and Monasteries AD 710-1062, Osprey (2005) ISBN 184176826X
[Samurai Commanders: 940-1576AD], (64 pages) Osprey (2005) ISBN 1841767433
[Samurai Commanders (2): 1577-1638 (Paperback)], (64 pages) Osprey (2005) ISBN 1841767441
[Warriors of Medieval Japan], (288 pages) Osprey (2005) ISBN 1841768642
[Kawanakajima 1553-64 : Samurai Power Struggle] (96 pages) Praeger Publishers (2005)ISBN 0275988686
[Osaka 1614-15 : The Last Samurai Battle (paperback)], (96 pages) Osprey (2006) ISBN 1841769606
[The Samurai and the Sacred : The Path of the Warrior (Hardcover)] (224 pages) Osprey (release date: October 31, 2006) ISBN 1846030218
[The Art of Renaissance Warfare: From the Fall of Constantinople to the Thirty Years War (Hardcover)], (256 pages) Greenhill Books (release date: April 15, 2006) ISBN 1853676764
Other works
[Samurai: The Last Warrior], (66 mins) Television Documentary, Hannover House (2004)BBC Television 'Decisive Weapons' Series on the Samurai Sword, Consultant
Creative Assembly for the award-winning computer game 'Shogun'
Pacific Street Films of New York, Consultant
Live Arts Productions of Singapore
Flagship Games
Honda UK
Termite Arts Productions (Discovery Channel) - Los Angeles
Cheltenham Festival of Literature
Royal Armouries, Leeds
Awards
- Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship Award (1993)
- Joint winner of the Canon Prize of the British Association for Japanese Studies (1994)
- Japan Festival Literary Award (1998)
- 'Strategy Game of the Year', 'Shogun: Total War',Video Game Historical Advisor, (2000)
External links
- [Dr. Turnbull's Website]
- [Dr. Turnbull's Bio on Osprey Publishing Website]
- [List of Books]
- [Osprey Publishing] Military History Books
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