The Sword That Cut The Burning Grass
In his latest adventure in eighteenth-century Japan, fourteen-year-old samurai apprentice Seikei, with the help of a servant girl and an imperious old man, sets out to rescue the young Emperor Yasuhito from his kidnappers.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: kings and rulers [X], samurai, kings, queens, rulers, etc [X], mystery and detective stories, japan [X], historical fiction
Showa
A biography of the Japanese emperor who began his long reign as a divine ruler and, after the devastating defeat of World War II, accepted his new role as "symbol of the state" and watched over the re-birth of Japan as a leader in the world.
920
year: 1990
copies: 4
call number/section: 920
lexile:
American Shogun
Chronicles the history of the relationship between the United States and Japan through a look at the lives of U.
952.04
year: 2006
copies: 1
call number/section: 952.04
lexile:
subjects: macarthur, douglas, hirohito, generals, emperors, culture conflict, kings, queens, rulers, etc [X], kings and rulers [X], united states, japan [X]