A humorous fantasy about a Samurai rabbit and his adventures in seventeenth-century Japan.

"Yokai are the monsters, demons, and spirits of Japanese folklore, such as the shape-shifting kitsune, the obakeneko demon cats, and the evil oni ogres. Usagi faces all of these and more when a desperate woman begs him to find her kidnapped daughter"--P. [4] of cover.

Usagi and Kato must deal with rival gang lords who have inflicted vica and warfare on the inhabitants of a small village.

First, bandits plunder a village threatened by flooding . . . but their reasons for pillaging will surprise even the most steadfast! Then, Usagi must work alongside his natural enemy--a Kappa --to cast out a violent renegade of the same species. Later, a Komori ninja must honor her debts when she and Usagi end up on opposing sides of a trade agreement gone wrong. Finally, Inspector Ishida returns to investigate a ghastly painting known only as the...