Casualties of History: Wounded Japanese Servicemen WWII by Pennington 2015 Tray A beautiful example of Japanese

A beautiful example of Japanese studio pottery

1596-1868) tsuba (handguard) for a This tsuba was affixed to a sword worn by a samurai during or before the mid Meiji period (the wearing of swords except by officials was banned in 1876) and was used or practiced with

This armor is made of steal plating held together with silk cords

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Antique Japanese Bronze Statue of a Zen Buddhist Monk w/ Jewel & Staff

Casualties of History: Wounded Japanese Servicemen WWII by Pennington 2015 Tray A beautiful example of JapaneseThe first English language study of wounded Japanese servicemen and disabled veterans of Japan's long Second World War (19371945). Pennington maps the terrain of Japanese military medicine and social welfare programs, drawing on Japanese language primary sources and the memoir of a soldier who describes in detail his medical evacuation from a front line casualty clearing station and his rehabilitation at a military hospital. He documents how, after