Three Samurai Cats A Story from Japan

The story of a daimyo, a powerful lord in feudal Japan, whose castle was occupied by a savage rat. The daimyo tried everything but could not get rid of the rat. He went to a shrine famous for its corps of samurai cats. The samurai cats fought the rat in but the rat defeated them. Finally, the head of the shrine summons Neko Roshi, the greatest living master of the martial arts. But he turns out to be an elderly cat wearing a ragged kimono and worn-down wooden clogs, and walking with a limp. The daimyo agrees to let Neko Roshi stay in his castle. Finally, when the Obon Festival begins, the rat steals all of the daimyo¿s sticky rice balls and rolls them into one huge ball. This gives Neko Roshi the way to defeat the rat by getting him to defeat himself. Full-color humorous illus.