Shōtarō Ikenami’s newly translated novel is steeped in mystery, legend and the tensions of blood kin.
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The new series attempts to chart the fall of four major empires but doesn’t always get it right.
The series addresses the role of samurai, what life was like for women and people of mixed heritage, and violence in Edo-period Japan, with varying degrees of accuracy.
Japanese people had to rely totally on materials already present within the country.
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