Famous objects : treasures, trophies, and warrior power -- Grand spectacle : material culture and contingency -- The politics of sociability : gift giving and ritual performance -- Lordly sport : raptors, falconry, and the control of land -- Severed heads and salvaged swords : t…
This title investigates the significance of material culture and sociability in late 16th-century Japan, focusing in particular on the career and afterlife of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. The story of Ieyasu illustrates the close ties betwe…
"In Spectacular Accumulation, Morgan Pitelka investigates the significance of material culture and sociability in late sixteenth-century Japan, focusing in particular on the career and afterlife of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. The story of …
The first complete translation of Nanshoku ōkagami by Ihara Saikaku (1642-93), this is a collection of 40 stories describing homosexual love affairs between samurai men and boys, between young kabuki actors and their middle-clas patrons. This book is illustrated with 58 woodbloc…
A legendary land comes alive in this compelling murder mystery set in 17th-century Japan.
"Far from the Shogun's court at Edo, Most Honorable Investigator Sano Ichiro begins the most challenging case of his career. Upon the insistence of his strong-willed and beautiful wife Reiko, Sano arrives with her at the emperor's palace to unmask the murderer--who possesses the…
Sano Ichiro, special investigator to the shogun, discovers that he needs the help of his new wife Reiko more than ever after he finds himself embroiled in a case involving a sinister murderer.
The legend of Lone Wolf and Cub continues to grow in this latest chapter of Koike and Kojima's epic samurai masterpiece chronicling the wanderings of Japan's deadliest assassin, Itto Ogami, and his infant son, Daigoro. In this volume, Ogami takes on the most dangerous killer of …
The legend of Lone Wolf and Cub continues to grow, chronicling the wanderings of a cunning assassin and his infant son during the dealiest era of feudal Japan. In this volume, the Lone Wolf battles the most dangerous killer in the countryside, foils the plans of a deceptive gamb…
Few works can legitimately lay claim to the mantle "landmark". Dark Horse Comics is proud to present one of the authentic landmarks in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub. Acknowledged worldwide for the brilliant writing of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinema…
Continues the epic samurai adventure.