Author: Poppy Kuroki
Genres: Genre Fiction
Leveraging her passion for history that helped uncover the female samurai featured in her ANCESTOR MEMORIES series (Book 1 of which was Barnes and Nobles’ speculative pick one month after publication), Poppy now turns her hand to non-fiction to contextualise and re-tell a selection of Japan’s beloved and forgotten myths.
From flawed and formidable gods to terrifying and endearing yokai (monsters), from monks and princesses who make for equally compelling protagonists, from origin myths to enduring influences on otaku culture, SHINWA is an energised and vibrant return to the tried-and-true storytelling tradition. Whether Japan was at war, rebuilding after natural disasters, erecting mighty castles or training samurai, commonfolk and elites alike didn’t just delight in these stories but subsisted on them. SHINWA reminds us that myths are containers of our essence.
International readers are bound to find echoes of the stories they grew up on, while discovering alternative takes on wisdoms of yore, or new characters and allegories entirely.
Poppy recently moved back to the UK after over a decade living in Japan and is now raising a half-Japanese son. Writing and researching SHINWA is a sort of reverse home-coming: an invitation she extends to the reader as early as the first page. So come along for the myths and leave with your imagination and knowledge enriched.
Author: Poppy Kuroki
Genres: Genre Fiction
Leveraging her passion for history that helped uncover the female samurai featured in her ANCESTOR MEMORIES series (Book 1 of which was Barnes and Nobles’ speculative pick one month after publication), Poppy now turns her hand to non-fiction to contextualise and re-tell a selection of Japan’s beloved and forgotten myths.
From flawed and formidable gods to terrifying and endearing yokai (monsters), from monks and princesses who make for equally compelling protagonists, from origin myths to enduring influences on otaku culture, SHINWA is an energised and vibrant return to the tried-and-true storytelling tradition. Whether Japan was at war, rebuilding after natural disasters, erecting mighty castles or training samurai, commonfolk and elites alike didn’t just delight in these stories but subsisted on them. SHINWA reminds us that myths are containers of our essence.
International readers are bound to find echoes of the stories they grew up on, while discovering alternative takes on wisdoms of yore, or new characters and allegories entirely.
Poppy recently moved back to the UK after over a decade living in Japan and is now raising a half-Japanese son. Writing and researching SHINWA is a sort of reverse home-coming: an invitation she extends to the reader as early as the first page. So come along for the myths and leave with your imagination and knowledge enriched.
