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Friday, April 18, 2014

A Dragon’s Head And A Loser's ‘Tale’-A Mini-Review Of Universal’s “The 47 Ronin”

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OK, finally saw this. Narukagami's review on the Samurai Archives Film Forum covered much of what I also think, so I'll limit mysel...
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Friday, March 28, 2014

Katsu Kaishu, Navigator Of Chaos: An Interview With Romulus Hillsborough, Author Of “Samurai Revolution”, Pt. 1

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Romulus Hillsborough is the author of several popular books dealing with the Bakumatsu / early Meiji period of Japanese history and the per...
Saturday, March 15, 2014

A Tale Of Badgers And Tigers: Lian Hearn’s “The Storyteller And His Three Daughters”

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Akabane Sei has problems. He’s a rakugo storyteller, specializing in comic stories designed to send his audience home laughing and feeling ...
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Saturday, November 23, 2013

'Tis The Season For The Ronin-Shambhala’s “The 47 Ronin” Graphic Novel

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December has always been the month where the 47 Ronin enter the stream of modern Japanese consciousness. The assault by the Ronin on Lord Ki...
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Saturday, October 12, 2013

The Birth of the Ninja: How The West Came To Embrace Ninjer

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Recently on the Samurai Archives Forum , there was a discussion about making the myth of the ninja the subject of a future podcast. Part of ...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

A Graphic Approach to Musashi and Demons: Shambhala’s “The Book of Five Rings” and “The Demon’s Sermon on the Martial Arts”

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While manga treatments of famous works of Japanese literature are common in Japan, they’re virtually unknown in the West. Part of this is du...