{"product_id":"pagoda-skull-samurai-9781462903245","title":"Pagoda, Skull \u0026 Samurai","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis collection of Japanese literature features the works of noted Japanese novelist Koda Rohan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJapanese literary history usually classifies Koda Rohan as an idealist writer, and the three stories included in this anthology belong to this genre. \u003ci\u003eThe Five-Storied Pagoda\u003c\/i\u003e, one of Koda's best-known works, is the moving account of a misunderstood carpenter who has been inspired to undertake the construction of a pagoda by himself. It is not merely a story of individualism, however, for the religious implications of such a task are profound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEncounter with a Skull\u003c\/i\u003e concerns a fortuitous meeting of two souls not necessarily ordained by karma. The multiple processes of enlightenment are perceptively depicted in this eerie tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe last story, \u003ci\u003eThe Bearded Samurai\u003c\/i\u003e, is an historical novella whose setting is the sixteenth-century battle of Nagashino between the forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu and those of Takeda Katsuyori. Here, the human side of the warrior and a realistic view of the samurai are delineated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch stories, in addition to the essays and notes by the translator, will prove of interest to the general reader and especially to the reader already familiar with Japanese literature.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Koda Rohan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291844620539,"sku":"9781462903245","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_0709e55e-19a4-4f1b-877c-96b42efc0cf7.jpg?v=1779190941","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/pagoda-skull-samurai-9781462903245","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}