The Samurai - Kay Hadashi - Bog

In the age of the samurai, feudal Japan was ruled by sword and nobility.The daughter of samurai, Junko defends her family's honor against the hostile demands of a neighboring daimyo. But when the powerful tyrant offers a pittance to buy her heritage, a line is drawn on the landscape, and blood boils in Junko's heart.
Relying on her skill, magic, and maybe a little too much rice wine, she assembles a gang of peasants to take on an army of samurai. In the end, when she meets the daimyo on the field of battle, it is with sword and cunning, and her warrior spirit.