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   From: bliss@mouse-potato.com   
      
            Yukibana no Tora                Ongoing 0.0   
      
   Author: HIGASHIMURA Akiko   
      
   Genres: Drama Seinen Historical Gender Bender   
      
   The life of daimyo Uesugi Kenshin commanded authority and fear during   
   the Sengoku period of Japanese history. In this retelling, the powerful   
   lord is reimagined as a woman.   
      
            July 28, 2019   
            1) the author - have liked nearly all of her work.  I haven't   
   seen all of it.   
      
        2) the subject.  I have seen the NHK Taiga drama "Furin Kazan"   
   related to this character and many features of the story accord with   
   the manga author's somewhat understated premise. Kenshin acted during   
   life more like a lady than a man.  Never married or took concubines so   
   no direct heirs.  In the drama this is seen as Buddhist devotion but   
   Buddhism never demanded celibacy from the devout.   
      
        After the Tokugawa rose to power the people of Kenshin's holding   
   were moved to other lands away from the mountainous lands they knew   
   and took up specialized  agricultural pursuits which were quite   
   rewarding.  Kenshin died before that happened.   
      
        So far chapter 1, about 20 panels, is largely explanatory of the   
   female Uesugi Kenshin thesis. A few personal notes from the author   
   during this explanation.  Of course this is online in translation   
   otherwise I could not tell you these things.   
      
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