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In sixteenth-century Japan, Taro enlists his friends to help vanquish a dragon in hopes of winning a reward that would allow him to marry Hana, but he also faces surprisingly difficult obstacles as Kenji Kira raises the dead against him and his own flesh and blood betrays him.

Translation of an early eleventh-century novel about the life of Japanese nobleman Genji, the son of an emperor who finds himself falling in love with women who remind him of the mother he lost in his youth.

Hidehira continues his quest for power and prepares to invade the rest of the kingdom, and Kimi and Hana rediscover an old friend with a mysterious past, and dangerous foes, at the Shogun's court.

An exploration of the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu that discusses his founding of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, influence on the Japanese way of life, family, legacy, death, and much more.

Jacob de Zoet travels from Holland to Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor where he will have five years to earn a sufficient fortune to win the hand of his wealthy fianc?e. When he meets the disfigured daughter of a samurai doctor, Jacob's intentions become different.

In 1841, having been shipwrecked and picked up by an American whaling ship outside Japanese territorial waters, fifteen-year-old Manjiro decides to go live in America and work towards opening trade between his country and the West.

Jacob de Zoet, having arrived in Nagasaki Harbor's Dejima in 1799, has intentions to make a fortune in five years and return home to Holland to win the hand of his finac?e, but he meets the disfigured daughter of a samurai doctor and finds his plans changing and his life in danger.

Thirteen-year-old Fujiwara no Mitsuko, daughter of a noble family in the imperial court of twelfth-century Japan, enlists the help of a shape-shifter and other figures from Japanese mythology in her efforts to save her older sister's life.

Orginally published: London : Cassell Pic, Villiers House. Discusses the origins and history of the Samurai warriors of Japan.

Provides information about various aspects of life in the past, highlighting notable events and achievements in medieval and early modern Japan, covering, history, geography, government, society and economy, warfare, religion, philosophy, education, science, language and literature, the arts, architecture, travel and communication, and everyday affairs. Includes maps, drawings, and photographs.