Samurai tales : courage, fidelity and revenge in the final years of the shogun / Romulus Hillsborough
Imprint
Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle, c2010
Descript
xxxiii, 222 p. : ill., map ; 21cm
CONTENT
Dramatis personae -- To cut a foreigner -- A mortal enemy -- Courage -- Fidelity -- Heaven's revenge -- The remnants of shock -- A truly despicable world -- A soul-encompassing dread -- The code -- The execution grounds -- Cutting test -- A natural and overwhelming desire -- Discipline – The infinite sky and boundless sea -- Disgrace -- An evil woman -- Tales of a renaissance samurai -- Anecdotes, yarns and other vignettes -- A brief historical background of the Meiji restoration -- Family crests and symbols