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History Detective: The Sanyo Volume
大吕文化 · 2026
This History Detective series is Kenshin's new venture: using incidents to uncover the known and little-known past of various regions of Japan, repack…
History Detective: The Kyoto Volume
大吕文化 · 2026
This History Detective series is Kenshin's new endeavor: using incidents to uncover the perhaps known, perhaps unknown past of places across Japan, re…
History Detective: The Kinai Volume
大吕文化 · 2026
This time Professor Kenshin travels to Shiga and Mie Prefectures, two regions near Kyoto and Nara since ancient times that abound in stories and histo…
The Battle of Sekigahara: The War That Decided the Realm
· 2024
In the third year of Keichō (1598), Toyotomi Hideyoshi died of illness, and his young son Toyotomi Hideyori succeeded him. Tokugawa Ieyasu, head of th…
The Three Kingdoms Through Du Fu's Eyes
· 2024
True history is often more fascinating than invented plots. Real events often go beyond what a novelist can imagine. The decisions real people make wh…