The Blade of the Courtesans

By Keiichiro Ryu

This Naoki Prize-nominated historical thriller marked the auspicious debut of late-blooming author Keichiro Ryu, who in five years made a name for himself as a master of period novels. In The Blade of the Courtesans, a young samurai by the name of Seichiro Matsunaga, trained in swordfighting by non other than the legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto, finds himself in Yoshiwara (the pleasure quarters of old Tokyo), per Miyamoto's dying wishes. In Yoshiwara, Seichiro finds himself defending its denizens against what may be spies from the Yagyu Clan, including one young woman named Oshabu, whose story runs deeper than still water suggests.

The Blade of the Courtesans is at once a quiet ode to human liberties in the face of political warfare and edge-fo-your-seat swordfighitng, a Japanese counterpart to the romantic adventures of the medieval knights whose chivalry is rivaled only by their prowess at battle.

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Rating:
none
Pages:
304
Print Release:
Oct 28, 2008
Print Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781934287019
E-Book Release:
Sep 27, 2022
EISBN:
9781647292485
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Book Info
Rating:
none
Pages:
304
Print Release:
Oct 28, 2008
Print Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781934287019
E-Book Release:
Sep 27, 2022
EISBN:
9781647292485
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