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Set in a period of feudal upheaval, the story traces a celebrated sword from its forging through successive owners, showing how the weapon shapes loyalties, fortunes, and tragic choices. Episodes portray domestic life, ritual observance, political intrigue, battlefield action, and acts of honor and self-sacrifice, all rendered with attention to contemporary customs. Presented largely from a native viewpoint, the narrative interweaves historical detail with personal drama to examine how objects and traditions define social duty and individual destiny amid shifting power and moral tensions.

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Title: A Muramasa blade

A story of feudalism in old Japan

Author: Louis Wertheimber

Illustrator: Munehiro Nakamura

Kataro Shirayamadani

Release date: January 2, 2024 [eBook #72602]

Language: English

Original publication: Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1887

Credits: Mary Glenn Krause and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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A MURAMASA BLADE

A
MURAMASA BLADE

A Story of Feudalism in Old Japan

BY
LOUIS WERTHEIMBER

The Sword is the Soul of the Samurai

BOSTON
TICKNOR AND COMPANY
1887

Copyright, 1886,
By Louis Wertheimber.

All rights reserved.

University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.