"Miyamoto Usagi's past looms over this fourth volume of Dark Horse's definitive Usagi Yojimbo compilations. First, the rabbit ronin attends a duel between his former teacher Katsuichi and a rival, and he is drawn into a dispute involving a local fencing school. Usagi enjoys a reprieve from his solitary wandering when young Jotaro joins him in his travels--but struggles with the secret knowledge that Jotaro is his son.--Back cover.

Publisher Marketing: Stan Sakai was born in Kyoto, Japan, grew up in Hawaii, and now lives in California with his children, Hannah and Matthew. He received a fine arts degree from the University of Hawaii and did further studies at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. His creation, Usagi Yojimbo , is the story of a samurai rabbit living in a feudal Japan populated by anthropomorphic animals. It first appeared in Albedo Comics in 1984. Since then, Usagi has appeared on television as a guest of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ; and as toys, on clothing, in comic books, and in a series of trade paperback collections. In 1991, Stan created Space Usagi , the adventures of a descendant of the original Usagi, dealing with the samurai in a futuristic setting. Stan is also an award-winning letterer for his work on Sergio Aragonés's Groo: The Wanderer , the Spider-Man Sunday newspaper strips, as well as for Usagi Yojimbo . He is the recipient of a Parents' Choice Award, an Inkpot Award, multiple Eisner Awards, two Spanish Haxturs, an American Library Association Award, and a National Cartoonists' Society Division Award. Usagi Yojimbo Book 12: Grasscutter was used as a textbook in Japanese history classes at the University of Portland. Review Quotes : "Sixteenth-century Japan is never so entertaining as in Stan Sakai's tales of Miyamoto Usagi."--NPR's Best Books of 2014 "Stan Sakai has successfully brought to American comics a collection of Japanese fables well told in the American style. Usagi Yojimbo is an enduring work. Bravo."--Will Eisner "I think Usagi Yojimbo is one of the most original, innovative, well-executed comic books anywhere to be found. Stan's style of artwork, his crisp incisive writing, and his thoroughly professional pacing, all done in a relaxed and absorbed manner, have provided comics with something so rarely seen in this field--a new literary and artistic approach to illustrated storytelling."--Stan Lee "Sakai is a total pro and a consummate craftsman."-- Rolling Stone Publisher Marketing : New challenges await the rabbit ronin in the fourth volume of this enduring saga, featuring new original cover art by Stan Sakai!

Format: Paperback | Pages: 616 | Publication Date: 2022-04-05