Diary of The White Fox

01 The Genpei War

by Hiroshi Saito

illus. by Jun Takabatake

The fox’s ability to adopt various disguises, even human ones, is a common ingredient of Japanese folk stories, and often incorporated into Kabuki and other traditional dramatic arts. In this novel, the author adopts one such fox as his central character in a story about warring samurai clans of the 12th century.

19 x 14 cm, pages, Black-and-white illustrations
First published February 1996