Three Samurai Cats A Story from Japan Author:Eric A. Kimmel (Adapter), Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator) "There was once a daimyo, a powerful lord, whose castle was occupied by a savage rat," begins Three Samurai Cats. The daimyo seeks help from a distant shrine that is famous for its fighting cats who are tough, skilled fighters. — Eric Kimmel's adaptation of a Zen story is a strange and entertaining tale where the wisest cat... more » allows his enemy to defeat himself.« less