THE SAMURAI SWORDSMAN A painted screen depicting the 1570 Battle of the Anegawa. (Fukui Prefectural Museum) A fierce-looking member of the Forty-Seven Rōnin. THE SAMURAI SWORDSMAN MASTER OF WAR STEPHEN TURNBULL FRONTLINE BOOKS London This book is dedicated with grateful thanks to Ian Bottomley, the Curator of Japanese Arms and Armour at the Royal Armouries Museum, who has taught me so much about the samurai swordsman and his legendary weapon.