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Language
English
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"The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, they were heavily featured in literature, art, theater, and even comedy, from the Tale of the Heike to the kabuki retellings of the 47 Ronin. This legacy remains with us today in the legendary Akira Kurosawa films, the shoguns of HBO's Westworld, and...
2) Samurai
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This title focuses on the history of Samurais! It breaks down their origin, tactics, and place in modern culture."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Yumeko, a yokai who has part of the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, teams up with Kage Tatsumi, a samurai of the Shadow Clan, promising to take the samurai to the Scroll if he protects her from the army of demons also looking for the Scroll.
4) Samurai
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Engaging images accompany information about Samurai. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In addition to training to be a super hero, Katana also follows the noble warrior traditions of the Samurai. Now an unknown source has given her the responsibility of guarding a hundred ancient Samurai swords--but why her, and for what purpose? With the help of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Ms. Martian, and some of her other super friends, she intends to find out--
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
214 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"As soon as Deadpool moves to Tokyo, he runs afoul of some familiar faces. Before he knows it, he's teaming up with new heroes, battling gods, attending concerts, and being repeatedly dismembered. That's good, right? Anyway, Deadpool lands in Tokyo with a bang! What could possibly go wrong when Iron Man invites Deadpool join the Avengers' new Samurai Squad? After all, Deadpool is just in it for the money...and the trip to Japan. This is fine, right?"--...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place--she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands. At just seventeen years old, Mariko is promised to Minamoto Raiden, the son of the emperor's favorite consort--a political marriage that will elevate her family's standing. But en route to the imperial city of Inako, Mariko...
8) The iris fan
Author
Series
Sano Ichiro novels volume 18
Language
English
Description
Japan, 1709. The shogun is old and ailing. Amid the ever-treacherous intrigue in the court, Sano Ichiro has been demoted from chamberlain to a lowly patrol guard. His relationship with his wife Reiko is in tatters, and a bizarre new alliance between his two enemies Yanagisawa and Ienobu has left him bewildered and wary. Yet, Sano's dedication to the way of the warrior--the samurai code of honor--is undiminished. Then a harrowing, almost inconceivable...
10) The snow empress
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Series
Language
English
Description
In 1699 Japan, when their son is kidnapped by dangerous rivals jealous over his influence in the shogun's court, Sano Ichiro and his wife, Reiko, search desperately for the boy, only to be trapped by Lord Matsumae, who has been driven mad by the murder of his mistress.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (various pagings) : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Ronin is the acclaimed epic by Frank Miller, the visionary writer/artist of The Dark Knight returns, 300 and Sin City. In this tale of a legendary warrior, the Ronin, a dishonored, masterless 13th century samurai, is mystically given a second chance to avenge his master's death. Suddenly finding himself reborn in a futuristic and corrupt 21st century New York City, the samurai discovers he has one last chance to regain his honor: he must defeat the...
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"After a catastrophic event changes 19th century Japan, Korea, and China, two young soldiers must protect their peaceful island home from a warlord's oncoming forces and newly mutated creatures that threaten to destroy the world as they know it. After a mysterious attack devastates a great swath of 19th century Japan, Korea, and China, survivors from all three lands find refuge on a hidden island and build a new society. Hana, the orphaned daughter...
Author
Series
Shadow of the fox volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Even with the combined skills of Kage Tatsumi and the demon Hakaimono inside of him, they both know that it may be impossible to overcome the evil forces that control the cursed sword that keep them trapped as one.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
FINALIST FOR THE YALSA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICITON FOR YOUNG ADULTS! Minamoto Yoshitsune should not have been a samurai. But his story is legend in this real-life Game of Thrones. This epic tale of warriors and bravery, rebellion and revenge, reads like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai in Japanese history. When Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family-and lost. His father was...
Author
Series
Young Samurai volume 1
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
359 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Orphaned by a ninja pirate attack off the coast of Japan in 1611, twelve-year-old English lad Jack Fletcher is determined to prove himself, despite the bullying of fellow students, when the legendary sword master who rescued him begins training him as a samurai warrior.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
2013-
Physical Desc
volumes : chiefly illustrations (black and white) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of Ogami Itto, a samurai framed and forced into exile with his infant son, as he pursues his quest for revenge against those who murdered his wife.
17) Smoke in the sun
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Mariko must uncover deception in the imperial court and rescue Okami, while preparing for her nuptials--
Author
Language
English
Description
Nimura paints history in cinematic strokes and brings a forgotten story to vivid, unforgettable life. Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha"
"'Surprising and richly satisfying' (Megan Marshall); 'Beautifully crafted ... subtle, polished, and poised' (Stacy Schiff); In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened...
20) Samurai
Author
Publisher
[EDC Pub.]
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
58 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the responsibilities, skills, weapons, and training of samurai.
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