[diplmixxxx]

Try this site if you like books on Japanese Historical Fiction, enjoy!

cheers Michael

http://www.home.netspeed.com.au/reguli/japhist.htm

[erubresen]

I'm surprised she doesn't include Yukio Mishima's four novels from The Sea of Fertility. Of the four, Runaway Horses, the second in the series, is my favorite. There is a samurai tale interwoven with the novel's main story that has intriguing parallels linking the two. Great hot-headed, young samurai stuff there.

[beethyday]

"However, enquiries addressing me as ‘Sir’ or ‘Dear Sir’ will be ignored as I find the assumption that the web is a male preserve the mark of an ignoramus."

You go girl!!!!

[DownloadMan]

You beat me to it! Yes, it's an excellent web site. (I was going to post a link, but don't need to now.)
But I do want to ask about people's favourite smaurai fiction. I DON'T mean manga, I mean novels. I want to read a lot more such books and would be glad of any recommendations. This web site is great, but I want to hear from Budo people too, including beginners.What do you look for in a samurai/Japan history novel? What works? What sucks, and why?