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Book

Samurai rising : the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune

Call Number

  • 921 Y658T TEEN (CEN)

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Publication Information

Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2016.

Physical Description

xiii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Summary

Documents the true story of the legendary samurai who was raised in the household of the enemies who killed his father before being sent to live in a monastery where, against the odds, he learned and perfected his fighting skills. --Publisher's description.

Contents

  • Disaster in Kyoto: Kyoto, 1160 CE
  • Headless ghosts: Kurama, 1160-1174 CE
  • Samurai boot camp: Hiraizumi, 1174- 1180 CE
  • Brothers-in-arms: Kamakura, 1180-1184 CE
  • Perilous river: Kyoto, 1184 CE
  • Midnight strike: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE
  • Hooves like hailstones: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE
  • Into the storm: Kyoto, Shikoku, and Yashima, 1184-1185 CE
  • The dropped bow: Yashima, 1185 CE
  • The drowned sword: Dan-no-Ura, 1185 CE
  • Assassins in the dark: Dan-no-Ura, Kyoto, and Koshigoe, 1185 CE
  • Shizuka's song: Kyoto, Kamakura, and the Yoshino Mountains, 1185-1186 CE
  • The fugitive: locations unknown, 1185-1187 CE
  • Feast of arrows: Hiraizumi, 1187-1189 CE
  • Epilogue: the Samurai weeps.

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Added Authors

Gareth Hind