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Tales of the Samurai and “Lady Hosokawa”, a historical drama : stories illustrating bushido, the moral principles of the Japanese knighthood



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The curious casebook of Inspector Hanshichi : detective stories of old Edo


Told through the eyes of a street-smart detective, Okamoto Kido’s best-known work inaugurated the historical detective genre in Japan, spawning stage, radio, movie, and television adaptations as well as countless imitations. This selection of fourteen stories, translated into English for the first time, provides a fascinating glimpse of life in …


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