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A print anthology compilation of tales 1-9 from Justin Hagen's Jitsoruku e-book series of Japanese revenge stories. Vendettas, honor, loyalty, murder and betrayal, key components of a classic and yet little known Japanese literary genre known as jitsuroku. The word “jitsuroku” translates as “memoir” and was a genre of literature in feudal Japan that were generally exaggerated stories of political scandals and revenge. These stories were largely based on true events, however through oral transmission and embellishment, these stories would soon intertwine fact and fiction together to the point that trying to decipher between the two would become quite difficult. The result is that epic tales of revenge would soon become transmitted and popularized throughout Feudal Japan. Compiled from out of print books from the public domain, this print anthology contains the following stories: 1) Jitsuroku Ichi: The 47 Ronin from A.B. Mitford's Tales of Old Japan 2) Jitsuroku Ni: Ungo Zenji from Asataro Miyamori & Kido Okamoto's Tales of the Samurai and Lady Hosokawa 3) Jitsuroku San: The Loves of Gompachi and Komurasaki from A.B. Mitford's Tales of Old Japan 4) Jitsuroku Yon: Kazuma's Revenge from A.B. Mitford's Tales of Old Japan 5) Jitsuroku Go: The Loyalty of a Boy Samurai from Asataro Miyamori & Kido Okamoto's Tales of the Samurai and Lady Hosokawa 6) Jitsuroku Roku: Chobei of Bandzui from A.B. Mitford's Tales of Old Japan 7) Jitsuroku Nana: The Missing Blade from A.B. Mitford's Tales of Old Japan 8) Jitsuroku Hachi: A Deep Laid Plot from Walter Dening's Japan in Days of Yore 9) Jitsuroku Ku: Ooka Seidan: 3 Tales of Ooka Tadasuke from: -Monogatari Tales from Old & New Japan By Don C. Seit -The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal By John H. Wigmore -The Green Bag By Arthur Weightman Spencer -Legend in Japanese Art By Henri L. Joly These stories also include a common 'Foreword' discussing the Jitsuroku gen