Cover of The Bamboo Sword and Other Samurai Tales

The Bamboo Sword and Other Samurai Tales

  • 2005 first published
  • 253 pages
  • 2 editions

The Bamboo Sword and Other Samurai Tales is a 2005 feudal-Japan fiction novel by Shūhei Fujisawa. It takes readers to Japan in the Tokugawa period, 1600–1868. Key subjects include Samurai.

5 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list.

At about 253 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • Samurai

Quick answers

Who wrote The Bamboo Sword and Other Samurai Tales?

The Bamboo Sword and Other Samurai Tales was written by Shūhei Fujisawa and first published in 2005.

What genre is The Bamboo Sword and Other Samurai Tales?

It is usually shelved as Samurai & Feudal Japan.

How long is The Bamboo Sword and Other Samurai Tales?

The median edition has 253 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Bamboo Sword and Other Samurai Tales?

Readers who like it often enjoy Young Samurai, The ghost in the Tokaido Inn and Sam Samurai.

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