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Takashi Matsuoka

Born

in Japan

January 10, 1947

Genre

Historical Fiction

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Takashi Matsuoka is a first-generation Japanese American writer living in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Before commiting full time to the writing profession, he used to work at a Zen Buddhist temple. His books, historical novels depicting American missionaries' visits to Japan, are often compared to Shōgun and the rest James Clavell's series. In addition to writing novels, Matsuoka also worked on the script for the 1990 film Pale Blood. ...more

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Takashi Matsuoka’s books

Average rating: 4.04 · 6,423 ratings · 588 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Cloud of Sparrows (Samurai Series) 4.03 avg rating — 4,327 ratings — published 2002 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Autumn Bridge (Samurai Series) 4.07 avg rating — 2,116 ratings — published 2004 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epitaxial Growth of III-Nitride Compounds: Computational Approach (Springer Series in Materials Science, 269) by Takashi Matsuoka (Editor), Yoshihiro Kangawa (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	CLOUD OF SHADOWS 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Takashi Matsuoka

Samurai (2 books)
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Takashi Matsuoka

4.04 avg rating — 6,443 ratings

Quotes by Takashi Matsuoka (?)

“And when the moment came, even then Genji would be fortunate. He would die without fear, drenched in his own heart's blood, in the embrace of a beautiful woman, and she would weep for him.

What samurai could hope for more?”
― Takashi Matsuoka

tags: cloud-of-sparrows

16 likes

“The sages say happiness and sorrow are one. Is this because in finding the first, we also find the second?”
― Takashi Matsuoka, Kastel Awan Burung Gereja

13 likes

“I enter a time of much peril, and am more likely to fail and die than succeed and live.”
“Those who succeed and those who fail are both destined to die.”
― Takashi Matsuoka, Kastel Awan Burung Gereja

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Polls

September ~ BotM Side Reads- 1st Poll

Top 5 Books move on to the 2nd Poll!!!

Sing You Home

by Jodi Picoult

16 votes, 26.2%

The Cuckoo's Calling

by Robert Galbraith

14 votes, 23.0%

The Enchanted

by Rene Denfeld

9 votes, 14.8%

The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion

by Fannie Flagg

9 votes, 14.8%

A Land More Kind Than Home

by Wiley Cash

4 votes, 6.6%

Cloud of Sparrows

by Takashi Matsuoka

3 votes, 4.9%

Gone South

by Meg Moseley

2 votes, 3.3%

The Immortal Rules

by Julie Kagawa

2 votes, 3.3%

Carthage

by Joyce Carol Oates

2 votes, 3.3%

61 total votes

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