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An edition of Samurai (1982)

The samurai

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In 1613 Father Pedro Velasco's dream came true. He set sail with a small group of Japanese Samurai for Mexico, Spain and Rome. Velasco knew Japanese, and his zealous hope was to become primate over a converted, Catholic Japan. His mission, with the Samurai, was to bargain for a Catholic crusade through Japan in exchange for Japanese trading rights with the West. It was a journey of incredible danger and hardship, underwritten solely by faith...

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Publisher
New Directions
Language
English
Pages
272

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Subjects

Fiction New York Times reviewed Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author) Japan, fiction Samurai

People

Tsunenaga Hasekura (1571-1622)

Places

Japan
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Cover of: The samurai
The samurai
1997, New Directions
in English
Cover of: Oi samoyraï
Oi samoyraï
1984, Ekdoseis Psychogios
in Modern Greek
Cover of: The samurai
The samurai
1984, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Aventura ed.
Cover of: The Samurai
The Samurai
1983, Penguin
in English
Cover of: The samurai
The samurai: a novel
1982, Harper & Row, Kodansha International
in English and Japanese - 1st U.S. ed.
Cover of: The samurai
The samurai: a novel
1982, Peter Owen
in English

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Edition Notes

Originally published. New York : Harper & Row : Kodansha International, 1982.

Published in
New York
Series
A New Directions classics, New Directions paperback ;, 839

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
895.6/35
Library of Congress
PL849.N4 S2413 1997, PL849.N4S2413 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
272 p. ;
Number of pages
272

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1012152M
ISBN 10
0811213463
LCCN
96052780
OCLC/WorldCat
36066123
LibraryThing
1921994
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
25225

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL3358166W

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