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Naruto Hichō (2018)

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Genre
Jidaigeki
Country
Japan

How it feels

A series of samurai-era novels set in early 20th century Japan. It follows characters caught in a web of secrets and conflicts from the past.

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What happens

Naruto Hichō (鳴門秘帖, Naruto Hichō) is a series of jidaigeki novels written by Eiji Yoshikawa. The stories were originally serialized as a serial in the Japanese newspaper Osaka Mainichishimbun , between 1926 and 1927. It has been re-released in book format in 1927 and 1933. Yoshikawa wrote the novel inspired by Shiba Kōkan's essay "Shunparōhikki". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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