Legends the Samurai Audiobook (Free)

On the decades the reputation of the samurai is continuing to grow to mythical proportions, due to such motion pictures as Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai and Yojimbo as well as works such as James Clavell’s epic Shogun.

In Legends from the Samurai, Hiroaki Sato confronts both the history and the legend from the samurai, untangling both to present a geniune picture of these legendary warriors.

Through his masterful translations of original samurai tales, laws, dicta, reports, and arguments accompanied by insightful commentary, Sato chronicles the changing ethos of japan warrior from your samurai’s historical origins to his rise to politics power.

A fascinating look at Japan history as seen through the evolution of the samurai, Legends from the Samurai stands as the ultimate authority about its subject.