The Blade of the Courtesans
Publisher: Vertical
Published: May 13, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781934287019
Subjects: Modern fiction; Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Historical - General; Thrillers; Fiction / Historical
Description: 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.