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Historical FictionSamurai & Feudal Japan

Kill the Shogun

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  • 2000 first published
  • 279 pages
  • 3 editions
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Published in 2000, Kill the Shogun is a historical fiction and feudal-Japan fiction novel by Dale Furutani. The story is set in Japan and Tokyo, Japan, in the Tokugawa period, 1600–1868. It features Ieyasu Tokugawa (1543-1616). Readers will find themes of assassination attempts, Samurai, shōguns and attempted assassination.

It has been published in 3 editions.

It runs to roughly 279 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Ieyasu Tokugawa (1543-1616)

Subjects

  • Assassination attempts
  • Samurai
  • Shōguns
  • Attempted assassination
  • Matsuyama Kaze
  • Shoguns
  • Kaze Matsuyama
  • Mystery & detective
  • Historical
  • Political
  • Matsuyama kaze
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • Japan
  • Literature and fiction, mystery and suspense
  • Literature and fiction, historical fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Kill the Shogun?

Kill the Shogun was written by Dale Furutani and first published in 2000.

What genre is Kill the Shogun?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fiction and Samurai & Feudal Japan.

How long is Kill the Shogun?

The median edition has 279 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Kill the Shogun?

Readers who like it often enjoy Shōgun, A Samurai Never Fears Death and Satsuma Gishiden.

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