Samurai books

[A]

Hello fellow UY fans.

i was wondering if anybody of you knows any good Books from the Sengoku jidai period (The timne of war) Samurai, and stuff..





Thx

[Stan Sakai]

Stephen Turnbull has a huge body of work dedicated to Japan's feudal age such as Samurai Warriors, Samurai Warfare, and Battles of the Samurai. Check out his website.

Also Osprey Books has some excellent books such as The Samurai 22-1500 AD, Samurai 1550-1600, Samurai Armies 1550-1615, and Sekigahara 1600.

I got some of my books from Heritage Source, a mail order bookstore. There is a link from the Dojo's homepage.

[A]

Yeah, i like Stephen Turnbull, but im looking for kinda old books, maybe some adventure, not all historical facts.

[Chris G.]

Dale Furutani has a trilogy of samurai mystery books that are quite good.
Laura Joh Rowland also writes an ongoing samurai mystery series.
I read a couple new books last year that were pretty good, as well. One was Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka; it takes place in the 19th century and has some American characters in it, too. The other was the first of a trilogy (series?) called Tales of the Otori; this first book is called Across the Nightingale Floor, by Lian Hearn. This is more of a fantasy/adventure book. I'd recommend any of these books, as I enjoyed all of them.

[Steve]

can't forget Robson's The Tokaido Road and Hoobler's two young adult titles The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn and The Demon in the Tea House...

[Steve]

don't forget to check out the title by Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi, Taiko, and anything else you can find by him..

[Stan Sakai]

Oh, you're asking for novels.

The easiest to find would be James Clavell's Shogun, of course.

Katherine Paterson has written some excellent and well-researched young adult books including Nightingales that Weep (about the Gempei Wars) and Puppet Master (Bunraku).

Older stuff include Shimabara (takes place during the revolt) by Douglass Bailey; Daishi-San (about Will Adams, first Englishman in Japan) by Robert Lund; Sensei I & II (Jubei and the Gempei War) by David Charney; and Shike I & II (takes place during the Mongol Invasion) by Robert Shea. Jessical Amanda Salmonson has written a few fantasy books staring Tomoe Gozen.

There are also the classics such as The Needle Watcher (about Will Adams later life) by Richard Blaker and Ikku Jippensha's humorous look at peasants in Hizakurige or Shank's Mare.

I used to have lunch with Dale Furutani. He mentioned that he was researching a novel of the Gempei Wars. I haven't seen him for awhile. I heard he is in Japan.

[A]

Thanks Stan and all of you..
Sorry for the late response.. ive been on
vacation....

[Logan Myrddin]

What I need is information on Japanese priests, warrior monks, clergy men, clerical tradition, etc. Does any one know of any good resources?