Name: The Blade of the Courtesans
SKU: 1895558
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Author: Ryu, Keiichiro
ISBN: 9781934287019

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Author

Keiichiro Ryu

Publisher

Vertical

Year

2007

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.4x14.4x2.8 cm

Weight

0.47 kg.

ISBN

1934287016

ISBN13

9781934287019

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Synopsis "The Blade of the Courtesans"

This Naoki Prize-nominated historical thriller marked the auspicious debut of late-blooming author Keichiro Ryu, who in five years made a name for himself as a master of period novels. In The Blade of the Courtesans, a young samurai by the name of Seichiro Matsunaga, trained in swordfighting by non other than the legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto, finds himself in Yoshiwara (the pleasure quarters of old Tokyo), per Miyamoto's dying wishes. In Yoshiwara, Seichiro finds himself defending its denizens against what may be spies from the Yagyu Clan, including one young woman named Oshabu, whose story runs deeper than still water suggests. The Blade of the Courtesans is at once a quiet ode to human liberties in the face of political warfare and edge-fo-your-seat swordfighitng, a Japanese counterpart to the romantic adventures of the medieval knights whose chivalry is rivaled only by their prowess at battle.

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