 | Spring Snow (The sea of fertility) by Yukio Mishima
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.91 Appreciated best after reading the sequels.
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 | Runaway Horses (The sea of fertility) by Yukio Mishima
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.99 The best of the four for those into the samurai ethos.
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 | The Temple of Dawn (The sea of fertility) by Yukio Mishima
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £3.46 Not so much about Japan but has typically Mishima themes.
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 | The Decay of the Angel (The sea of fertility) by Yukio Mishima
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £1.07 Not read this yet.
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 | The Tales of the Otori Trilogy: "Across the Nightingale Floor" , "Grass for His Pillow" , "Brilliance of the Moon"
Buy used from: £11.49 Although for younger readers these are still great reading for fans of feudal japan.
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 | Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Buy new: £4.30 / Used from: £1.54 As featured in Ghostdog: Way of the Samurai. Interesting, but dated ideals.
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 | Rashomon and Other Stories (Tuttle classics) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Buy used from: £1.51 Also from Ghostdog the idea of one story from several viewpoints is reflected in the film.
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 | Samurai William: The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan by Giles Milton
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01 Paints a good picture of Japan under Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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 | Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka
Buy used from: £0.10 Absolutely gripping, I couldn't put it down.
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 | The 47 Ronin Story by John Allyn
Buy new: £8.55 / Used from: £8.53 A good (as far as I know) account of a famous story showcasing samurai honour.
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 | Geisha of Gion: The Memoir of Mineko Iwasaki by Mineko Iwasaki
Buy used from: £0.01 The real Memoirs of a Geisha.
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 | The Book of Tea (Shambhala Classics) by Kakuzo Okakura
Buy new: £10.35 / Used from: £0.95 A useful introduction to the tea ceremony.
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 | Confessions of a Mask (Peter Owen Modern Classics) by Yukio Mishima
Buy used from: £3.54 Sometimes sick but fascinating and necessary to appreciate what influenced his Sea of Fertility tetralogy.
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