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 and am Visiting Professor of Japanese Studies at Akita International University in Japan.

I am currently acting as Historical Adviser for the 2012 Universal Pictures movie 'The 47 Ronin' starring Keanu Reeves.

As for new books, I have recently completed 'The 47 Ronin' for Osprey, and am at present working on 'Tokugawa Ieyasu' in the Command series.

All the images shown here and on the linked pages are available for hire through my picture library 'Japan Archive', which contains 25,000 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.