Kyokutei Bakin's Nanso Satomi Hakkenden is one of the monuments of Japanese literature. This multigenerational samurai saga was one of the most popular and influential books of the nineteenth century and has been adapted many times into film, television, fiction, and comics.
His Master's Blade, the second part of Hakkenden, begins the story of the eight Dog Warriors created from the mystic union between Princess Fuse and the dog Yatsufusa and born into eight different samurai families in fifteenth-century Japan. The first is Inuzuka Shino, orphaned descendent of proud warriors. Left with nothing save a magical sword and the bead that marks him as a Dog Warrior, young Shino escapes his evil aunt and uncle and sets out to restore his family name. Unaware of their karmic bond, Shino and the other Dog Warriors are drawn into a world of vendettas and quests, gallants, and rogues, as each strives to learn his true nature and find his place in the eight-man fraternity.
| ISBN: | 9781501773907 |
| Publication date: | 15th February 2024 |
| Author: | Bakin Takizawa |
| Publisher: | Cornell University East Asia Program an imprint of Cornell University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 546 pages |
| Series: | Cornell East Asia Series |
| Genres: |
Anthologies: general Shorter Reads Asian history |
Kyokutei Bakin's Nanso Satomi Hakkenden is one of the monuments of Japanese literature. This multigenerational samurai saga was one of the most popular and influential books of the nineteenth century and has been adapted many times into film, television, fiction, and comics.
His Master's Blade, the second part of Hakkenden, begins the story of the eight Dog Warriors created from the mystic union between Princess Fuse and the dog Yatsufusa and born into eight different samurai families in fifteenth-century Japan. The first is Inuzuka Shino, orphaned descendent of proud warriors. Left with nothing save a magical sword and the bead that marks him as a Dog Warrior, young Shino escapes his evil aunt and uncle and sets out to restore his family name. Unaware of their karmic bond, Shino and the other Dog Warriors are drawn into a world of vendettas and quests, gallants, and rogues, as each strives to learn his true nature and find his place in the eight-man fraternity.
Eight Dogs, or Hakkenden. Part Two His Master's Blade, Chapters XV Through XXXVII of Nanso Satomi Hakkenden features in the following genres: Anthologies: general, Shorter Reads, Asian history
Eight Dogs, or Hakkenden. Part Two His Master's Blade, Chapters XV Through XXXVII of Nanso Satomi Hakkenden is available in Paperback
Eight Dogs, or Hakkenden. Part Two His Master's Blade, Chapters XV Through XXXVII of Nanso Satomi Hakkenden was written by Bakin Takizawa and published by Cornell University East Asia Program an imprint of Cornell University Press
Eight Dogs, or Hakkenden. Part Two His Master's Blade, Chapters XV Through XXXVII of Nanso Satomi Hakkenden has 546 pages
Yes it is part of Cornell East Asia Series series
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