Legends of the Samurai

This is a collection of stories about the Samurai. I still cringe when I think of disembowelment and beheading, but if you can get through that, the Samurai had an interesting code of ethics. I have always been fascinated with Japanese History, but remember they mix legend and history. This was easi......more

As with all anthologies a choice was made here by the editor, indeed in this case several choices. The first was to assume that the reader already knew rather a lot about samurai in general, as well as Japanese history, and was simply looking to read some of what was written about them and by them.......more

An interesting and informative survey of Japanese samurai that doesn't seek to strictly view them through orientalism.......more

So and so was a lord and then he disemboweled himself, so then all his servants (all named and further explained for no real reason) all also disemboweled themselves. Then the one guy that didn't khs stormed the castle and died. Everyone who fought against him got promoted. The end.......more