272 pages
English language
Published May 10, 1983 by Penguin.
Shūsaku Endō: The Samurai (1983, Penguin)
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-006557-2
- OCLC Number:
- 10803452
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The Samurai is a novel by Japanese author Shusaku Endo first published in 1980. It tells a fictionalized story of a 17th-century diplomatic mission to "Nueva España" (New Spain or Mexico) by Japanese noblemen, and the cultural clash that ensues. The main character is Hasekura Rokuemon.
