Professor Emeritus Selected Publications Selected Publications: Friday, Karl. Japan Emerging: Premodern History To 1850. Westview, 2012. Web. Friday, Karl. “They Were Soldiers Once: The Early Samurai And The Imperial Court”. John Ferejohn a Rosenbluth. War and State Building in Medieval Japan. Stanford University Press, 2009. Print. Friday, Karl. “'what A Difference A Bow Makes': Chivalry And The Early Japanese Warrior Ethic In Comparative Perspective”. . Currents of Medieval Japan. Figueroa Press, 2009. Print. Friday, Karl. The First Samurai: The Life And Legend Of The Warrior Rebel, Taira Masakado. John Wiley, 2008. Web. Friday, Karl. Samurai, Warfare, And The State In Early Medieval Japan. Routledge, 2004. Web.
