00000nam a22000004a 4500 UP-1685675941131396703 Buklod 20230927132704.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 230927s2014||||xxk gr 00| f|eng | 9781783081271 OCoLC DAC rda eng PL 856.A3 P8613 2014 Machida, Kō 1962- author Pankuzamurai kirarete sōrō English Punk samurai slash down Kou Machida ; translated by Wayne P. Lammers. First edition. London Thames River Press 2014 ©2014 265 pages 22 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Novel. "Selected for the Japanese Literature Publishing Project (JLPP)". Glimpsing an elderly man leading his blind daughter on a pilgrimage, Junoshin Kakiri, a 'ronin' or freelance samurai, swiftly kills him with a sword. Asked why he murdered such an innocent, Junoshin shares his concerns about the growing 'Harahuhi Tou' (Belly-shaking Party) cult to which the man was devoted, a fear which rapidly spreads through the Kuroae clan. Shuzen Oura, the warlike leader of half this kingdom, soon hires Junoshin to destroy the cult but his studious power rival, Tatewaki Naito, cunningly pays the mercenary samurai to usurp Oura on his behalf. Set in Edo-period Japan, 'Punk Samurai Slash Down' follows the power struggles which entangle Junoshin within the Kuroae clan, polarizing the kingdom between an academic leader unable to fight and an unlearned martial arts expert Translated from the Japanese. 1600 - 1868. Japanese fiction Edo period, 1600-1868. Samurai Fiction. Japan Edo period, 1600-1868. Rōnin Fiction Japan. Cults Fiction Japan. Leadership Fiction. Machida, Kō, Translation of 1962- Pankuzamurai kirarete sōrō. Lammers, Wayne P. translator. 1951-. 町田康, 1962- author. パンク侍斬られて候. English 町田康, Translator of 1962- パンク侍斬られて候. FO UPD DAC PL 856 A3 P8613 2014 Book