Yamada Asaemon, The shogun's executioner receives many strange requests
from the condemned--a woman who bequeaths her severed locks to her
beloved, a gardener who ask for the beheading of a chrysanthemum. And
while strangers to Asaemon, their final moments and the stories behind
their appeals can sometimes reveal more of a person's character than a
lifetime of association.
From Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, legendary creators of Lone Wolf and
Cub, comes the final omnibus volume of Samurai Executioner, a dark,
complex exploration of Edo-period feudal Japan and the depths of the
human spirit.