Satsuma Gishiden: Volume 1 the Legend of the Satsuma Samurai

by Hiroshi Hirata

Book Overview

Readers with a taste for Kazuo Koike's gritty Lone Wolf and Cub will go nuts for master gekiga artist Hiroshi Hirata's tome of samurai struggle. Hirata's art and calligraphy leap off the page during scenes of action, only to unfold upon a full bleed that looks like a fine plate print. It's art at its most expressive, accentuating the classic stoic samurai characters you've come to know, only with a little more true society thrown in to help the reader...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593075170
• ISBN13: 9781593075170
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.3"