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Tag: ryotaro shiba

February 3, 2021

Review: Ryoma! Vol IV, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 It is to my regret that while I bought this the day it came out, I only now took…

July 24, 2020

Review: Clouds Above the Hill Vol. I, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 I am a great fan of Ryotaro Shiba. It is always in February I get the wish to re-read…

November 17, 2019

Review: Ryoma! Vol. III, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 There is no doubt in my mind that I have a deep connection with Mr Ryotaro Shiba and his…

January 27, 2019

Review: Ryoma! Vol. II, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 I have praised many a work by Mr Shiba — this one is no different. From the ending of…

December 5, 2018

Review: Sekigahara (2017)

It was with pleasure I noted during the opening scenes of this film that it is based on a book by Ryotaro Shiba, a…

December 1, 2018

Review: Ryoma! Vol. I, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 I have been a fan of the writings of Mr Shiba for nearly a decade now — and I…

May 16, 2013

“Whose entire body of work is worth reading?”

Reading Marginal Revolution brings up interesting questions every now and then. Tyler Cowen is a person with a very wide range of interests, and…

March 5, 2013

Review: The Tatar Whirlwind, Ryotaro Shiba

I managed to finally finish Mr Shiba’s ‘The Tatar Whirlwind’ on Friday — given that I started the book in late September/ early October,…

February 13, 2013

The Works of Ryotaro Shiba

I have found Ryotaro Shiba to be an entirely compelling writer. There is just one problem: accessibility. His writings were all originally in Japanese,…

February 5, 2013

Review: Drunk as a Lord, Ryotaro Shiba

As is quite apparent from my previous writings, I am quite an avid reader of anything that Mr Shiba has had published in English…

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