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Ryoma: Life of a Renaissance Samurai

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Ryoma: Life of a Renaissance Samurai

The founder of Japanâ€™s first modern corporation was a swaggering swordsman who packed a Smith and Wesson, an outlaw who led a band of samurai to overthrow the shogun, and one of the most colorful figures in Japanese history. His name was Ryoma, which is the title of the only biographical novel of Japan's greatest samurai in English.

This is the authentic story of Ryoma's key role in Japanâ€™s bloody revolution, by which the country was transformed from a land ruled by feudal lords and samurai, under the hegemony of the shogun, into a modern industrialized nation under the unifying rule of the Emperor.

Mid-19th-century Japan was a caldron of political upheaval and intrigue and bloody inner-fighting among samurai. This most enthralling age in the annals of Japan brought forth some of the most fascinating men in that nationâ€™s history. Those men modernized Japan, and laid the foundation for the militarism of WWII and the economic powerhouse of today. This close look into the hearts and minds of those two-sworded men provides a deep insight into the political, cultural, and psychological roots of modern Japan.

Country	USA
Author	Romulus Hillsborough
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781301436354
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Ridgeback Press
Manufacturer	Ridgeback Press
NumberOfPages	614
PublicationDate	2013-05-30
Publisher	Ridgeback Press
ReleaseDate	2013-05-30
Studio	Ridgeback Press

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