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In the world of a Japanese proverb, the frog who resides in a well knows nothing beyond its narrow confines. Mi's life mirrored this notion until she was struck by the devastating grip of polio, thrusting her into a world of unexpected challenges. After months of grappling with fever and pain, she emerged not as a hopeless cripple, but as a survivor with a newfound purpose. Mi's story transcends the boundaries of her well-like existence, rev...

As Japan stands on the precipice of transformation under the new emperor's decree to bury the past, Mi finds herself torn between the relentless march of progress and her loyalty to an old friend. When a trusted confidant arrives severely wounded after participating in a rebellion against the emerging order, Mi's world is thrown into turmoil.Determined to heal her friend, Mi deploys all her formidable skills, but her impulsive decision to join...

In the shadow of a poignant Japanese proverb advocating self-reliance-Rely on your own walking stick rather than people-Mi's life takes an unforeseen and harrowing turn. Overcoming the paralysis of the morning left her with a deformed leg, rendering the proverb a cruel reality. As if guided by an inexorable hand of fate, those she holds closest to her heart, one by one, betray her trust, leaving Mi to navigate a world of isolation and despair....

Memories are gifts from the gods. But they can also be a curse… Washing up on a strange and distant shore after being swept off her ship, Keiko is given the precious opportunity to walk away from who she was and find true peace and happiness. Two things that have eluded her ever since she first took up her father's sword. But Keiko should know that she can never truly escape her past. When her new life is upended, Keiko sees that the true p...

Keiko thought she was becoming a true samurai warrior, but the loss of her sister will make her doubt everything. Keiko's revenge on her enemies is almost complete. Like the chameleon, she has changed herself to attract and entrap the men she seeks. Now, just one man remains unpunished. But before she can complete her vengeance, karma destroys her plans cruelly. Niko-her adopted younger sister-is kidnapped. Keiko is sure she knows who is be...

Even the strongest woman has her breaking point, and Keiko has reached hers. Sick at heart and wanting only to leave her past behind her, Keiko is drawn to the sea. Seeking refuge from the world that has nearly torn her spirit apart, she boards the first ship she finds and sails away gladly from her former life. Although Keiko thinks she is done with her past life, fate has much more in store. Her ship is taken by a band of wokou-desperate p...

The war in the Crimea is over. Delighted to be reunited with her husband, Lord Kyle, Terue thinks she will soon be home again in her beloved Scottish Highlands. But fate is not finished with her yet. Terue learns that her daughter is a geisha in Edo. Overjoyed at the chance to be reunited with her child again, she and her husband set out to find Kazhua, returning to where Terue's life began in the Floating World. But old dangers and new foe...

There are some who believe that the honor of a samurai is reserved for men. But they are wrong. Keiko was born the daughter of a samurai. But as a mere younger sister, her future was to run errands for her lovely elder sister and obey her father. Until the day her brother thought it would be amusing to teach Keiko the way of an onna-bugeisha-a warrior woman of the samurai. As a samurai, Keiko finds a new place in the world. One where it sud...

Men speak of sacrifice, but only a woman who has lost everything truly knows what the word means. It is said that the gods become offended when mere humans try to usurp their supremacy in directing earthly affairs. Keiko learns this in a way that leaves her with nothing but crushing grief. To catch a traitor, Keiko must lower herself to serve the man who betrayed her, forced to become his slave. When she loses the thing that has come to mean...

Paper was once a Living thing. Do words written On it also live? For the geisha of the Hidden House, the pleasure house in the heart of Edo's notorious Floating World, writing was an escape. A way to forget about the troubles and monotony of their everyday lives and dream, even if just for a moment, of another world. Their fear and joy, pain and pleasure, happiness and sorrow bleed from the ends of the ink brush and onto the pages herein. Th...

In Japan, it is widely believed that everyone's life is bound by the red thread of their fate. The thread connects to all those we come in contact with throughout our lives. Thus, each path in life is predestined. Terue knows this. Just as she knows that one day her red thread will guide her to Kazhua, the daughter she was forced to abandon on the day of her birth in Edo's Floating World. But before she can find Kazhua, fate has much in store...

Alone in the world, one woman must use her sword to seek revenge… After Keiko finds herself alone, it is up to her to save her family name and honor. But she is still only a woman. After humbling herself to her daimyo and begs him to restore her birthright, she is met with only ridicule and watches as the man takes her family lands for himself. According to the samurai code of bushido, there is only one thing left for Keiko. Vengeance. Ke...

At the end of the beginning, and the beginning of the end, a journey will come full circle… When Keiko suffers a terrible, personal loss, she believes that she has been reduced to nothing and can no longer wield her samurai sword. In order to survive, she is forced to become little more than a beggar, a humiliating ending for a woman who once inspired legends. But fate still has her own plans for Keiko's future. After traveling the world, a...

When Keiko chooses duty over love, she wonders if the code of the samurai is worth the heartache. Leaving Edo to save the life of a man she once loved, Keiko must give up everything she has worked for. She vows one day to return, but she has learned the hard lesson that the gods have a dark sense of humor. The city of Kobe seems a world away from Edo, a place where she could disappear, become whoever she wants to be, and leave the way of the...

Will you step into My web? You will like it here. No one ever leaves There are some who believe that the honor of a samurai is reserved for men. But they are wrong. A daughter of a samurai picks up her father's sword and becomes a legend. Each stroke of the sword is as precise as the stroke of a brush. The haikus herein are spread across the eight-book epic saga Warrior Woman of the Samurai, but collected here for your enjoyment.

Terue. The girl who was plucked from obscurity to become the most sought after geisha in Edo's Floating World. The geisha who was so beautiful and talented that one of the richest nobles in Japan desired her as his wife.But Terue wanted more from life, and was willing to risk everything to get it. Pregnant with her lover's child and knowing that the disgrace would mean certain death for both her and her unborn child, Terue makes the devastatin...

By 1850, Japan had been closed to the outside world for centuries. It was a secret, hidden world. And deep within Edo (now Tokyo) was Yoshiwara - "The Floating World." The center of pleasure. And within Yoshiwara was the Hidden House. The place that only the very wealthiest could afford. The place where the geisha were...special. And in the Hidden House lived Midori No Me. Half Japanese, half foreign Barbarian, born to captivity. She was train...

A new world full of beautiful possibilities, but old scars run deep. Midori No Me, the Geisha with the Green Eyes, has finally escaped the Floating World and is living her dream performing in a kabuki troop as it travels the United States. But she cannot outrun the ghosts of the past. Jealousy and deceit threaten the new life she is trying to build. And when she learns of the cruelty her old master, the yakuza Akira, is inflicting on her frien...

Out of all the geisha, only Minekös strangeness was hidden from the world. Mineko was the geisha who could not feel pain. She was the geisha that no man could hurt, no matter how hard they tried. And not only was Mineko unable to feel physical pain, she was also unable to feel the emotions of love and longing and need. Until she met the Samurai who became her lover. The man who-just as she was-was owned body and soul by Mineko's master, the te...

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