Hiroaki Sato's Legends of the Samurai

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Legends of the Samurai Author: Hiroaki Sato Narrator: Walter Dixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 47 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 5 Genres: Asia Publisher's Summary: Over the decades the reputation of the samurai has grown to mythical proportions, owing to such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Yojimbo as well as works such as James Clavell's epic Shogun. In Legends of the Samurai, Hiroaki Sato confronts both the history and the legend of the samurai, untangling the two to present an authentic picture of these legendary warriors. Through his masterful translations of original samurai tales, laws, dicta, reports, and arguments accompanied by insightful commentary, Sato chronicles the changing ethos of the Japanese warrior from the samurai's historical origins to his rise to political power. A fascinating look at Japanese history as seen through the evolution of the samurai, Legends of the Samurai stands as the ultimate authority on its subject.