The military history of the Land of the Rising Sun is inseparable from the history of Japanese weapons. This book is the first serious work on the ancient and medieval weapons of Japan in Russian. The development, design and purpose of all types of weapons and protective weapons from the 3rd century. until the middle of the 19th century, a detailed description of the equipment of a samurai and an ordinary infantryman, the difference between the armament of a Japanese warrior and the armament of a western knight, inextricably linked with the difference in the methods of warfare, is not a complete list of topics investigated by the author. The book is distinguished by a deeply scientific and professional approach and includes a detailed glossary explaining all the terminology used.