Kendo pottery A NPR Best Book of

A NPR Best Book of the Year

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Kendo pottery A NPR Best Book ofKendo is the first in depth historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship, from its beginnings in military training and arcane medieval schools to its widespread practice as a global sport today. Alexander Bennett shows how kendo evolved through a recurring process of "inventing tradition," which served the changing ideologies and needs of Japanese warriors and governments over the course of