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Cartooning Technique Comic books, strips, etc Technique Comic strip characters Drawing Technique Honor Comic books, strips, etc Japan Japan History Meiji period, 1868-1912 Comic books, strips, etc Swordsmen Swordsmen Comic books, strips, etc Swordsmen Japan Comic books, strips, etcSummary: Tokyo teenager Gorgeous is upset with her long-widowed father--he wants to marry his new girlfriend Ryoko. Seriously miffed, Gorgeous hits the road to visit her aunt in the country, bringing along her best girlfriends Sweet, Melody, Fantasy, Prof, Mac, and Kung Fu. The titular house belongs to the wheelchair bound aunt, whose large white cat has been immortalized in artwork throughout. Things...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOUSummary: In war-torn medieval Japan, a military hero is sent to a small village to dispatch a malevolent spirit that has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai. and discovers that he must face his own personal demons as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN KURSummary: Detective Maiku Hama navigates the Yokohama underworld with super cool threads and two-fisted street smarts. But when he comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter at a local parlor, the unflappable Hama has no idea what he's in for. Though seemingly a luckless immigrant on the threshold of Yokohama's gutter, Hama's client holds the secret to a ferocious gangland revenge triangle that soon has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MOSSummary: An impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law eke out a lonely, desperate existence. In order to survive in feudal Japan, they are forced to murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for grain, then they dump their corpses down a deep, dark hole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Homevision 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONISummary: The international breakthrough for one of Japan's most innovative filmmakers, who went on to make such other marvelous movies as Onibaba and Kuroneko. It follows a family whose home is on a tiny, remote island off the coast of Japan. They must row a great distance to another shore, collect water from a well in buckets, and row back to their island, a nearly backbreaking task essential for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN NAKSummary: Deep in the windswept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for the most meager of sustenance. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from battle, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio's tenuous existence before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals their horrifying fate. Driven by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN ONIWatsuki, Nobuhiro.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz 0000
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RURWatsuki, Nobuhiro
Summary: Action, romance and historical intrigue help make Nobuhiro Watsuki s Rurouni Kenshin, the tale of a wandering swordsman set against the backdrop of the Meiji Restoration, one of the most popular manga titles of all time!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RURWatsuki, Nobuhiro.
Summary: As the feared assassin of the Bakumatsu, Himura Kenshin killed in the name of the new era. As the rurouni of Meiji, he wielded a sakabato to protect those who counldn't protect themselves, all along holding true to his vow to never take another life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz 0000
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RURWatsuki, Nobuhiro
Summary: "During the violent upheaval of the Bakumatsu era, Hitokiri Battosai was a feared and ruthless assassin. But now that the Meiji Restoration has begun to heal the wounds of civil war, Battosai has taken up a new name ... and a new calling! He is now Himura Kenshin, a rurouni wanderer who has vowed to only draw his sword to protect those in need. But not everyone is pleased with Kenshin's new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RURWatsuki, Nobuhiro.
Summary: Swordsman Ken Sasamura, who swears with a dead sword, sits down on his back and is insane. After the Restoration, I draw the activity of the Ronin-Kenshin who kept protecting people with the hot feelings!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shūeisha 1994
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN JAPANESE WATWatsuki, Nobuhiro.
Summary: The wandering swordsman, Himura Kenshin, once an assassin, now fights to protect those in need.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RURKobayashi, Issa
Summary: A selection of haikus by the Japanese master. Through an illustrated collection of haiku, the inspirational moments in the life of one family throughout the course of a year are presented, bringing to light the preciousness of the moment and the wonder of today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 895.613 KOBKobayashi, Kazuo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.55 KobayashiCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Art Crafts KobayashiWatsuki, Nobuhiro
Summary: Himura Battosai was once an assassin of ferocious power during the violent upheaval of the Bakumatsu era. But as the Meiji Restoration heals the wounds of civil war, Battosai takes up a new name and a new calling. As Himura Kenshin, he fights only to protect the honor of those in need.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RURWatsuki, Nobuhiro
Summary: Former assassin Hitokiri Battosai is now a rurouni wanderer known as Himure Kenshin who is pledged to only use his sword to protect the innocent, but Kenshin's oath is challenged when an assassin attempts to steal the Kamiya dojo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RURWatsuki, Nobuhiro.
Summary: The wandering swordsman, Himura Kenshin, once an assassin, now fights to protect those in need.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RURHayashi, Hikaru
Summary: Information and techniques for drawing, Manga style, the male form--from posture to shoes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic-sha Publishing 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Watsuki, Nobuhiro.
Summary: As the feared assassin of the Bakumatsu, Himura Kenshin killed in the name of the new era. As the rurouni of Meiji, he wields a sakabato to protect those who can't protect themselves, all along holding true to his vow never to take another life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz 0000
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RURWatsuki, Nobuhiro.
Contents: Volume 25. The truth -- Volume 26. A man's back -- Volume 27. The answer -- Volume 28. Toward a new era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RURWatsuki, Nobuhiro.
Summary: As the feared assassin of the Bakumatsu, Himura Kenshin killed in the name of the new era. As the rurouni of Meiji, he wielded a sakabato to protect those who counldn't protect themselves, all along holding true to his vow to never take another life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 0000
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RURKobayashi, Kunio
Summary: "Kunio Kobayashi is one the world's most recognized bonsai artists. In this comprehensive book, he presents all the essential techniques needed to plant and maintain the most popular types of bonsai--from pines, cypress and cedar to flowering trees and other beloved varieties, including grasses. A thorough explanation of the basic bonsai types and styles, and their characteristics. Guidance in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weatherhill 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5952 TSUHayashi, Kotomi
Summary: "Popular and prolific author and knitwear designer Kotomi Hayashi presents 55 innovative stitch designs--specifically for those who have never tried Japanese-style knitting before. These include re-imagined modern variations on traditional stitches as well as Hayashi's own innovative inventions, which incorporate influences from her travels all around the world."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2023