Download or read book The Swordless Samurai written by Kitami Masao and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-07-24 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hideyoshi, who called himself the Swordless Samurai, is the Japanese Horatio Alger. He was of peasant origin, but by bonding to powerful Lord Nobunaga, and being useful to him day and night, Hideyoshi secured a powerful patron. Much later, Hideyoshi became the most powerful man in Japan. This book tells how he did it.