During this pivotal moment in Japanese history, Tsuneno bounces from tenement to tenement, marries a masterless samurai, and eventually enters the service of a famous city magistrate. With Tsuneno as our guide, we experience the drama and excitement of Edo just prior to the arrival of American Commodore Perry’s fleet, which transformed Japan. But after three divorces-and a temperament much too strong-willed for her family’s approval-she ran away to make a life for herself in one of the largest cities in the world: Edo, a bustling metropolis at its peak. The daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in a rural Japanese village and was expected to live a traditional life much like her mother’s. *Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography*Ī “captivating” ( The Washington Post) work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo-the city that would become Tokyo-and a portrait of a city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West. *Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award* Tambura states that the city being attacked by Rok-Korr (Tokyo) is just a short distance from the Sanctuary, indicating that the Sanctuary must be located on the Japanese main island of Honshu.*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography* The Omniscient Narrative describes Shogun Sanctuary as being located in the heart of a secluded mountain range in a remote region of the Far East.The three humans chosen to pilot the Shogun Warriors are not identified as Agents of the Light until next issue.Although members of the Lumina and Myndai races first appeared in this issue, the actual names of those races were not revealed until the entry on the Followers of the Light that was published in the Appendix of Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #4.Based on the popular toy line of 24' plastic action figures by Mattel.Experimental jet prototype (Only in flashback).Indian Ocean (Only in flashback) (off the coast of Madagascar).United States of America (Only in flashback).Maur-Kon's subterranean Vault of Evil (First appearance) (Only in flashback).Volcanic island off the coast of Japan (First appearance) (Only in flashback).Shogun Sanctuary (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).Myndai (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).Lumina (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).First Followers of the Light (Only in flashback).Ancestors of Maur-Kon (Only in flashback).Rok-Korr 🢒 (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).Maur-Kon 🢒 (First appearance) (Only in flashback) (Behind the scenes in main story).Followers of Darkness (First appearance).Richard Carson 🢒 (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).Ilongo Savage 🢒 (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).Genji Odashu 🢒 (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).Sherna 🢒 (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).Charn 🢒 (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).Basque 🢒 (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).Doctor Tambura 🢒 (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).Followers of the Light (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).Raydeen 🢒 (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).

The story of the evil shogun