Welcome to my newly re-designed website!

I provide a professional advisory and consultancy service on all aspects of Japanese culture, but I am best known for my books about samurai, martial arts and the military history of East Asia and Europe. I lecture on Japanese Religion at Leeds University.

I have recently completed 'Samurai Women' for Osprey, and am at present working on 'Katana: the Sword of the Samurai. Look out for 'Hatamoto: 'Samurai Horse Guards and Footguards' and 'Hideyoshi', both of which will be published during 2010 or early 2011.

All the images shown here and on the linked pages are available for hire through my picture library 'Japan Archive', which contains 13,000 pictures of Japan, China, Korea and Medieval Europe, and is now completely digitalised. Please do not hesitate to e-mail me directly at:

stephenturnbull@ntlworld.com.

I will be pleased to discuss giving a talk, a loan of pictures, or any other project. Consultancy work for television and films can usually be arranged at very short notice.