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The Danish Samurai
Free
Data
1 book
96 pages, colour
18.5 x 26.0 cm
Ages 9 years and up
- Contact for Foreign Rights: martin.petersen@natmus.dk
- Reading sample: Coming soon
Description
Who hasn’t dreamed of being a samurai?
In “The Danish Samurai”, we follow the Danish girl Regitze, who doesn’t just dream: as a child in Copenhagen in 1882, as a young woman in Yokohama in 1890, and as an adult back in Copenhagen in 1925, she is… the Danish Samurai. In the final chapter, Regitze fights a hundred yōkai monsters.
Regitze is a fictional character, but at the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century, there was significant interest in Japan and samurai culture in Europe and the US. The comic and the afterword deals with this remarkable period.
Martin Petersen
Martin Petersen is a senior researcher at the National Museum of Denmark, specializing in East Asia.
Martin researches topics such as cosplay, Danish K-pop fans, South and North Korean comics, shamanism, and samurai.
Since 2019, he has collaborated with a wide range of Danish, South Korean, and Chinese comic creators to craft stories about the National Museum’s collections, Denmark’s history, and contemporary South Korea.
Angelica Inigo
Danish freelance illustrator and cartoonist living in Copenhagen, Denmark with a big passion for creating meaningful stories that influence and inspire children and young adults for the better.
Angelica has a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Storytelling from The Animation Workshop, Viborg, and experience with children’s books, graphic facilitation and illustration work.
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