Tales of Enshin, the Reluctant Samurai : Stories of Old Japan. Book 2, Paperback / softback Book

Tales of Enshin, the Reluctant Samurai : Stories of Old Japan. Book 2 Paperback / softback

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Torii Enshin was the son of a high-ranking warrior in the late-fifteenth century and a skilled swordsman.

He was disturbed at the sad lives of the common people and became a priest.

He intended to devote his life to healing the poor who suffered everywhere in war-torn Japan.

But then found himself reluctantly having to use his samurai skills once again... These short stories, drawn from his own accounts, follow Enshin and his faithful companion, Kuroi-san (or Mr Black), a black ox, and later both joined by a former carpenter who served Enshin's father.

Together, the three wander across Japan, their adventures presenting a fascinating picture of life at a number of levels in the centuries of unrest before the Tokugawa at the beginning of the sixteenth century subjected the country to their iron grip.

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