Author: Hiroaki Samura (1970) Title: Blade of the Immortal Size: 93 x 62 cm Copyright: 2004, HIROAKI SAMURA, Produced under license from Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo. Litho print. 1000 editions. Printed in Spain. Fine art offset print, made on high quality 250g paper. Displays a vivid and sharp image New to frame. Shipping in a rigid tube via certified express mail. It is possible to collect more than one object, from the same auction, in the same shipment. Blade of the Immortal (Mirror of the soul) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroaki Samura. The series is set in Japan during the mid-Tokugawa Shogunate period and follows the cursed samurai Manji, who has to kill 1,000 evil men in order to regain his mortality. The manga was originally published in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon from June 1993 to December 2012 and compiled into thirty tankōbon volumes.