About the author

Li Shuguo is an author with limited publicly available information in this Chinese book database; basic details such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and an English name are not confirmed. The database contains eight of the author's works, all classified under foreign literature, with the bulk centered on the series Eight Dogs (Hakkenden). These include Eight Dogs, Volume One: The Cursed Blade and the Shower of Rain, Volume Two: Subduing the Demon Cat, Volume Three: The Tale of Kai, Volume Four: The Eight Dogs' Wanderings, Volume Five: A Kyoto Story, Volume Six: The Great Upheaval in Kanto, Volume Seven: The Decisive Battle in Kanto, and the collected edition Eight Dogs (Complete in Seven Volumes). Judging from these titles, Li Shuguo's writing or editorial work focuses on this classic Japanese long narrative, presented volume by volume and featuring themes of cursed blades, demon cats, Kai, Kyoto, and Kanto, with a pronounced legendary and supernatural flavor. Because public information is limited, the author's personal background cannot be described in detail, but readers can approach this sustained engagement with the subject through the works listed above.

Written (8)

The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume One, The Demon Blade Murasame cover
Rating 3.9
The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume One, The Demon Blade Murasame 曲亭马琴 / 李树果 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 In the late Muromachi period of Japan, the warrior Satomi Yoshizane fought his way out of the Battle of Yūki and fled to Awa, where he founded a domai…
The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume Two, Exterminating the Demon Cat cover
Rating 3.9
The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume Two, Exterminating the Demon Cat 曲亭马琴 / 李树果 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 A runaway bestseller of Japan's Edo period, the culmination of samurai literature, a prequel to Japan's Warring States history, and a classic of the g…
The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume Seven, The Decisive Battle in Kanto cover
Rating 3.9
The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume Seven, The Decisive Battle in Kanto 曲亭马琴 / 李树果 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 In the late Muromachi period, Satomi Yoshizane, a warrior who fought his way out of the Battle of Yūki, fled to Awa and founded a domain. When a neigh…
The Tale of Eight Dogs (Complete Seven Volumes) cover
Rating 3.9
The Tale of Eight Dogs (Complete Seven Volumes) 曲亭马琴 / 李树果 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 The Eight Dog Chronicles (complete in seven volumes) is a classic literary masterpiece written over twenty-eight years by Kyokutei Bakin, a celebrated…
The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume Five, The Kyoto Story cover
Rating 3.8
The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume Five, The Kyoto Story 曲亭马琴 / 李树果 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 In the late Muromachi period of Japan, Satomi Yoshizane, a warrior who broke out of the Battle of Yūki, fled to Awa and founded a domain there. When a…
The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume Six, The Great Upheaval in Kanto cover
Rating 3.8
The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume Six, The Great Upheaval in Kanto 曲亭马琴 / 李树果 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 In the late Muromachi period of Japan, Satomi Yoshizane, a warrior who fought his way out of the Battle of Yūki, fled to Awa and founded a domain ther…
The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume Three, The Kai Story cover
Rating 3.8
The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume Three, The Kai Story 曲亭马琴 / 李树果 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 In the late Muromachi period, Satomi Yoshizane, a warrior who fought his way out of the Battle of Yūki, fled to Awa and founded a kingdom there. When …
The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume Four, The Eight Dogs Wander cover
Rating 3.8
The Tale of Eight Dogs: Volume Four, The Eight Dogs Wander 曲亭马琴 / 李树果 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 In the late Muromachi period of Japan, the warrior Satomi Yoshizane broke out of the Battle of Yūki and fled to Awa, where he founded a nation. When a…

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Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House