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Eight Dogs, or "Hakkenden"

By Kyokutei Bakin

Eight Dogs, or "Hakkenden" Contemporary literature

Eight Dogs, or "Hakkenden"

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Kyokutei Bakin's Nans¿ Satomi Hakkenden is one of the monuments of Japanese literature. This multigenerational samurai saga was one of the most popular and influential books of the nineteenth century and has been adapted many times into film, television, fiction, and comics. His Master's Blade, the second part of Hakkenden, begins the story of the eight Dog Warriors created from the mystic union between Princess Fuse and the dog Yatsufusa and born into eight different samurai families in fifteenth-century Japan. The first is Inuzuka Shino, orphaned descendent of proud warriors. Left with nothing save a magical sword and the bead that marks him as a Dog Warrior, young Shino escapes his evil aunt and uncle and sets out to restore his family name. Unaware of their karmic bond, Shino and the other Dog Warriors are drawn into a world of vendettas and quests, gallants, and rogues, as each strives to learn his true nature and find his place in the eight-man fraternity.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
546
Release Date:
2024-02-15
Publication Date:
2024-02-15
Publisher:
Cornell University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1501773909
ISBN13:
9781501773907
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
837 g
Height:
155 cm
Width:
228 cm
Thickness:
37 cm
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