Anthony J. Bryant (February 14, 1961 – December 25, 2013) was an American author and editor.

Biography

Bryant was born in Franklin, Indiana, and was adopted at age 5 by Robert M. and Margaret Bryant. ^[1]

After Robert M. Bryant's death in 1967, Tony and his mother moved to Miami Shores, Florida, where he spent his youth and attended Pinecrest Preparatory School. ^[1] After graduating from Florida State University in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in Japanese studies, he completed his graduate studies in Japanese studies ( history, language, and armor) at Takushoku University in Tokyo, graduating in 1986. Bryant lived in Japan from 1986 to 1992. ^[1] He also earned an M.A. in Japanese from Indiana University Bloomington in 2003. ^[2]

An authority on the making of Japanese armor, he joined the Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozon Kai ("Japan Association for Arms and Armor Preservation"), and was one of four non- Asian members. While living in Japan, he also worked as a features editor for the Mainichi Daily News, and as editor for the Tokyo Journal, an English language monthly magazine. ^[1]

Bryant wrote four books for Osprey Publishing on samurai history, and co-authored, with Mark T. Arsenault, the core rulebook for the role-playing game Sengoku: Chanbara Roleplaying in Feudal Japan. ^[1] He was a historian of Japan specializing in Kamakura, Muromachi, and Momoyama period warrior culture.^{[ citation needed]} His areas of interest also included Heian-period court structure and society and Japanese literature.^{[ citation needed]}

After returning from Japan, in 1995 he became the editor of Dragon Magazine, the flagship publication of TSR, Inc., the creators of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. ^[1] He was the editor for eight issues, before Dave Gross took over.

Bryant died on December 25, 2013, at St. Francis Health in Indianapolis. ^[1]

Books

• The Samurai, (Elite), Osprey Publishing, London (1989) ISBN  0-850-45897-8 OCLC  20221896
• Early Samurai AD 200–1500, Osprey Publishing, London (1991) ISBN  1-855-32131-9 OCLC  24696248
• Samurai 1550–1600, Osprey Publishing, London (1994) ISBN  1-855-32345-1 OCLC  31011021
• Sekigahara 1600: The Final Struggle for Power, Osprey Publishing, London (1995) ISBN  1-855-32395-8 OCLC  33355511
• Sengoku: Chanbara Roleplaying in Feudal Japan, Gold Rush Games; Revised edition (May 1, 2002) ^[3]
• Iwaya no sōshi ("The Tale of the Cave House"): A Translation and Commentary, Indiana University (2003)
• Sekigahara 1600: The Final Struggle for Power, Praeger Publishers (September 2005) ISBN  0-275-98869-4

Other works

• Nihon Katchu Seisakuben Archived October 9, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, a Japanese armor manual
• The Estates of Heian Nobility (essay)

References

External links

• Sengoku Daimyo – Anthony J. Bryant's website
• Author of Osprey books on Japanese military history Article on Rencentral.com
• Author biography from Osprey Military Publishing