Samurai Manga

[sanssouci]

I am sure many already know it, but for those who do not know it; I would like to recommend reading Vagabond. It's a manga about Musashi Miyamoto, its story is part historical and part fictional. [sorry, comment partially removed according to TWC rules - Seiji]

[lalalax3]

draws too slow, read the book that its based on or watch the movies.
i have the hk version, its in full color.

[Hageus]

There are some fascinating mangas are ongoing in japan.

"センゴク(SENGOKU)" by Miyashita Hideki

"センゴク(SENGOKU)" is a manga about samurai 仙石秀久(Sengoku Hidehisa)
who serves for 豊臣秀吉(Toyotomi Hideyoshi) and 徳川家康(Tokugawa Ieyasu),
also he was regarded as a Daimyo and gave
淡路国(Awaji Province) and 讃岐国(Sanuki Province) by 豊臣秀吉(Toyotomi Hideyoshi).
In Manga "センゴク(SENGOKU)",
You can find a appearance of most realistic warfare of Sengoku-era Japan.
to write this Manga,Miyashita did a In-depth research of both old texts
and Historical battlefields in Japan.

You can read a first episode of "センゴク(SENGOKU)" in here.
http://www.yanmaga.kodansha.co.jp/ym/rensai/ym/sengoku/sengoku.html(Japanese)
click the left icon of the page.
and here is a another Manga by Miyashita Hideaki which forcuses on story about 今川義元(Imagawa Yoshimoto).
You can read a first three episodes in this page.
http://www.yanmaga.kodansha.co.jp/ym...n_gaidenn.html(Japanese)

"へうげもの(Hyouge-mono)" by Yamada Yoshihiro

"へうげもの(Hyouge-mono)" is a manga about samurai"古田 重然(Furuta Shigenari)",
who is also famous as the founder of the 織部流(Oribe Ryū school)of 茶道(Japanese Tea Ceremony).
"へうげもの(Hyouge-mono)" forcuses not only in warfares but more cultural aspects of Sengoku-era Japan.
"古田 重然(Furuta Shigenari)" was lived as a samurai in his early life,
but he considered himself as an artist in later life.
in this manga,there is a lot of descriptions about "茶道(the way of tea)" and Art and Buildings of Sengoku-era Japan.

"へうげもの(Hyouge-mono)" Official blog(Japanese)
http://hyouge.exblog.jp/

I don't know can get those mangas outside of Japan,
but if you could get them,you should read them.

素晴らしい日本の漫画を知って欲しい。

[Juba1]

a good old one : SATSUMA by H.HIRATA