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Lessons from a Samurai Wife (opens the original)
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“Nobunaga thinks he’s very good at burning people to death. He doesn’t realize that within the human heart there is that which cannot be consumed, no matter how much you burn it.”— LADY GRACIA, by Ayako MiuraI’ve been reading stories about samurai wives. Very niche, I know. Hosokawa Gracia is by far my favorite. You might know her as the historical figure behind Mariko in Shogun. She was the daughter of traitor Akechi Mitsuhide, who took down the famous Oda Nobunaga,
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