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Author
Series
Flame in the mist volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place. She may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her twin brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
295 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
In the aftermath of a woman's brutal attack in 1701 Japan, samurai detective turned chamberlain Sano Ichiro suspects the true motives of a formerly exiled rival who has been oddly cooperative, a situation that is further complicated by a relative's disappearance.
6) The iris fan
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"Amid the ever-treacherous intrigue in the court, Sano Ichirō has been demoted from chamberlain to a lowly patrol guard. His relationship with his wife Reiko is in tatters, and a bizarre new alliance between his two enemies Yanagisawa and Ienobu has left him bewildered and wary. Yet Sano's dedication to the way of the warrior--the samurai code of honor--is undiminished. Then a harrowing, almost inconceivable crime takes place"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2006], p1990
Physical Desc
13 sound discs (14 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two masters of protection. One desperate mission. Savage, a former Navy SEAL and American state-of-the-art security specialist. Skira, Japan's most brilliant executive protector and a master of the samurai arts. Their mission: the retrieval of Rachel Stone, a beautiful American woman whose ruthless billionaire husband is out to destroy her.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
212 pages chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"The Tokugawa shogunate has fallen, and former samurai Haruyasu is adrift in a strange new world, searching for a place to die. But when he attempts to assassinate a government official, hoping this will bring the eternal peace he craves, Haruyasu finds himself at the mercy of the official's bodyguard, a young woman who claims she's the daughter of an immortal. What will she ask in return for sparing his life?"--back cover.
Author
Series
Flame in the mist volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
After Ōkami is captured in the Jukai forest, Mariko returns to Inako and faces the dangers that have been waiting for her in the Heian Castle. She tricks her brother, Kenshin, and betrothed, Raiden, into thinking she was being held by the Black Clan against her will, playing the part of the dutiful bride-to-be to infiltrate the emperor's ranks and uncover the truth behind the betrayal that almost left her dead. Pretending to be consumed with her...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
180 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
Robin infiltrates the Shogun's palace in order to collect valuable intelligence, but she's quickly spotted by Orochi's henchmen. Can she be ninja-like and make a stealthy escape? Meanwhile, after his painful defeat by Kaido, how will Luffy escape to excavation labor camp?!
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
viii, 324 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Description
"A brilliant new twist on the fabled tale of the 47 Ronin, from an author with "a painter's eye for the minutiae of court life [and] a politician's ear for intrigue."--The New York Times Book Review Japan, 1703. On a snowy night, 47 warriors murder the man at the center of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless ronin two years before. Clearly this was an act of revenge--but why did they wait so long? And is there any reason they...
12) Shōgun: part I
Author
Series
Asian saga (James Clavell) volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
693 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen--Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures...
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Series
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"Celebrate Stan Sakai's beloved rabbit ronin with the Second Edition collections of the comic saga featuring brand new original cover art by Stan Sakai! Follow Miyamoto Usagi in his epic trek along the warrior's path, beginning with over 600 pages of Usagi's essential adventures. In this first volume, Usagi protects a village from a band of assassins, reluctantly engages in a duel for blood money, hunts a gangster who has stolen his swords, and more!"--...
Author
Series
Shadow of the fox volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
409 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm.
Description
One thousand years ago, the great Kami Dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wish--and the land of Iwagoto was plunged into an age of darkness and chaos. Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. A new age is about to dawn. Raised by monks in the isolated Silent Winds temple, Yumeko has trained all her life to hide her yokai nature. Half kitsune, half human, her skill with illusion is matched only...
15) The worst ronin
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
333 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"Being a samurai isn't easy. Sixteen-year-old Chihiro Ito knows that more than anyone. Her father is renowned among the samurai, but the only thing Chihiro is known for is spending way too much time on her phone obsessing over Tatsuo Nakano, Chihiro's idol and the first woman to be accepted into Kesi Academy, a prestigious samurai school. So, when Chihiro's father is conscripted for service and the opportunity arises to work with Tatsuo in his stead,...
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