The samurai detectives. Volume one
Ikenami, Shōtarō, 1923-19902025
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It has been half a year since Akiyama Daijiro became a samurai; half a year since he left his father Kohei - the wisest swordsman in the land - to set up his own blade school by the cool of the river. Ever since, amid the swaying bamboo groves, he waits patiently for his first disciple. But his serenity is soon disrupted by the visit of a mysterious samurai with an unhonourable offer: in exchange for a vast sum of gold, he must attack and injure the daughter of the Shogun's most senior counsellor. Troubled by the proposal, Daijiro, alongside his father and Mifuyu, a female warrior without match, soon set out into the underworld of Edo-era Japan to uncover the conspiracy, before quickly finding themselves embroiled in a series of increasingly perilous adventures...
Main title:
The samurai detectives. Volume one / Shōtarō Ikenami ; translated Yui Kajita.
Author:
Ikenami, Shōtarō, 1923-1990, authorKajita, Yui, translator
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2025.©2025
Collation:
ix, 252 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Samurai detectives ; 1.
Notes:
Originally published in Japanese as "Kenkaku shōbai" by Shinchosha Publishing, 1973.Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9781405975766 (pbk)9781405975766 (paperback)
Dewey class:
895.635
Language:
EnglishJapanese
Added title:
Subject:
BRN:
862035
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | Fiction | IKEN | Available |
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Fiction | IKEN | On loan - Due: 02 Jul 2026 |
| Southbank Library | Fiction | IKEN | On loan - Due: 01 Jul 2026 |