Yugen: A Martial Arts Story
Chapter 1: 40 pages, BW with a colour cover.
The story of a boy who learns the sword from the mystical tengu along with the value of life over revenge and the strength of found family all while forging a life during myriad fantastic adventures.
This is the story of Minamoto no Yoshitsune as a boy before he grows into the revered figure who shared his experience and laid the foundation of Japanese martial arts.
Yugen is a manual for learning presented through a visual style inspired by manga and Noh Theater.
Yugen: The Fox Scroll
Stand alone: 16 pages, BW with a colour cover
The Fox Scroll of the White Fox of the North Sky: Known to the Ancients as Upas Chironnup
When training one day under the watchful gaze of the Tengu King, Sojobo, the young boy Yoshitsune was honored to
train with the fox, Oku. When over eager in his training, the
boy learns from “The scroll of the White Fox of the North Star”.
The scroll shares the secrets of the fox tail sword, its origins
and shapes, and asks the important question “can you follow?”.