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Good novel about the period before the Tokugawa bakufu ... the translation prose is somewhat wooden, but somehow that gives it the flavour of a manga. The Taiko, the "peasant general" Hideyoshi, actually the son of a country samurai, was the second of the three characters who built the unified Japanese state out of the quarrelling feudatories. Those who have read Clavell's "Shogun" may know some of the people.
— Apr 08, 2016 11:11AM
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B. Ross Ashley
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Good novel about the period before the Tokugawa bakufu ... the translation prose is somewhat wooden, but somehow that gives it the flavour of a manga. The Taiko, the "peasant general" Hideyoshi, actually the son of a country samurai, was the second of the three characters who built the unified Japanese state out of the quarrelling feudatories. Those who have read Clavell's "Shogun" may know some of the people.
— Apr 10, 2016 09:53AM
B. Ross Ashley
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Good novel about the period before the Tokugawa bakufu ... the translation prose is somewhat wooden, but somehow that gives it the flavour of a manga. The Taiko, the "peasant general" Hideyoshi, actually the son of a country samurai, was the second of the three characters who built the unified Japanese state out of the quarrelling feudatories. Those who have read Clavell's "Shogun" may know some of the people.
— Apr 02, 2016 10:00AM
