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Nodachi

Book 29. (28 results) Swordsmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
14	169	"Nodachi," he said.	10
14	174	He is called 'Nodachi'.	10
14	213	"I would that you brought Pertinax to the school of Nodachi, and inquire if he might accept him," I said.	10
14	232	"I will speak to Nodachi," he said.	10
15	9	Pertinax, having become a student in the school of Nodachi, for some weeks now, no longer assisted in the logging, but, at my request, had become resident with Cecily and myself, occupying with us the hut which had originally been put at our disposal by Lord Nishida.	10
15	388	"Pertinax," said I, "how do your lessons proceed?" He had been studying for some weeks now with the warrior in the forest, a master of the sword, who was known as Nodachi.	10
15	391	I had given Tajima one of the rubies I had retained from the Steel World, that Nodachi might be compensated for his services, but Tajima had returned the stone to me.	10
15	429	"Master Nodachi, I suspect," I said, "has a large spirit, and, unseen, it burns fiercely".	10
18	58	"Nodachi," said Tajima, "could deflect a quarrel with the blade of even a companion sword".	10
18	193	"That is Nodachi," I speculated.	10
18	203	Pertinax may be more informed than I, having profited from the tutelage of Nodachi.	10
19	95	"I am Nodachi," he said.	10
19	98	"May I speak to the men?" I inquired of Nodachi.	10
19	110	He was Nodachi.	10
19	120	"It was Nodachi," said a man.	10
19	153	Nodachi, I was sure, was a dedicated, great, and charismatic teacher and swordsman, in his own right, and did not require, and doubtless would not appreciate, the mantles of myth, woven for others, and misplaced upon him, mantles which might be cast upon him by smaller men, needful of marvels.	10
19	163	Was the presentation rather, then, in the nature of an assertion, a token, or even a defiance, or insult? Nodachi was clearly Pani, and yet seemed other than the Pani.	10
19	164	He must be here for some reason, in the forest, I supposed, but for what reason? I would learn more of Nodachi later.	10
19	166	Nodachi, I did not doubt, figured in these plans.	10
19	245	"Nodachi?" I said.	10
19	247	"Nodachi".	10
19	254	"Nodachi?" I asked.	10
19	260	"No," he said, smiling, "Nodachi".	10
19	263	"Not Nodachi," said Tajima.	10
19	264	"Nodachi is not as other men," I said.	10
29	45	Both he and Tajima bowed as Nodachi passed, going forward.	10
31	23	"What of Nodachi, swordsman?" I asked.	10
38	1	The Destruction of the River Camp; Unexpected Cargo is Boarded; The Ship Begins Her Journey "Nodachi is on board," said Tajima, in answer to my question.	10

Book 30. (8 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
9	427	"Where is Nodachi?" asked Lord Okimoto.	10
9	478	"It is Nodachi," said one of the Pani.	10
9	498	The fellow, Nodachi, was gone.	10
14	29	This Pertinax, with some others, was a student of the taciturn swordsman, Nodachi, of whom I knew little.	10
15	119	The strange warrior, Nodachi, stood there.	10
16	192	Nodachi drew back, readying himself for another stroke.	10
22	221	These men were not even in position when Lord Nishida signaled to his left flank and right flank, the left commanded by Tajima, of his retinue, whom I knew primarily as a Pani tarnsman, liaison to, or lieutenant to, Cabot, in the tarn cavalry, and the strange warrior, Nodachi, commanding the right f...	10
27	164	I saw the warrior, Nodachi, looking over the parapet, toward the village.	10

Book 33. (287 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
58	222	"Nodachi is Nodachi.	10
59	64	"How magician," asked Lord Yamada of Nodachi, "did you survive the test of twelve arrows?" "Does that concern you, great lord?" asked Nodachi.	10
60	92	But Nodachi met this attack, and lived! Then Nodachi, commonly so skilled in stance, and ready in response, slipped in the soft sand.	10
1	7	"Where is Nodachi?" he asked.	10
1	13	There were four of us at the wall at this time, myself, lean Lord Nishida, Nishida of Nara, who had commanded at Tarncamp, ponderous Lord Okimoto, Okimoto of Asuka, who had commanded at Shipcamp, and sandy haired Pertinax, once of Earth, student of Nodachi, swordsman.	10
1	145	"Where all are to be trusted," had said Nodachi, the swordsman, "trust none".	10
1	330	"He is, as I recall," said Lord Okimoto, "a student of Nodachi, swordsman".	10
1	335	"Nodachi, swordsman, chooses his students with care," said Lord Nishida.	10
4	118	"What of Nodachi, swordsman?" asked Tajima.	10
4	256	"Nodachi!" I said.	10
4	263	"Build up the fire," said Nodachi.	10
4	268	"Not now," said Nodachi, gathering sticks.	10
4	270	"I found others," said Nodachi.	10
9	69	In that moment there stood at his side, the short, thick figure of Nodachi, a sword in each hand.	10
9	78	Nodachi then, I am told, cleaned his swords and returned them to his sash, and went to the side, where he sat, cross-legged, and silent.	10
11	57	"Nodachi, swordsman," he said, "has accepted Pertinax as a student".	10
11	62	"That does not seem to concern Nodachi," I said.	10
11	64	"He is Nodachi," I said.	10
11	67	I myself did not pretend to understand Nodachi.	10
11	75	He was Nodachi.	10
11	167	"Is not Nodachi, swordsman, such?" I asked.	10
11	182	"Surely Nodachi has spoken to you of these things," I said.	10
17	51	I had thought of the frightening, martial grace of a swordsman faraway, a short, unkempt, thickly bodied, ugly man known as Nodachi, Sword, ugly save when his blade was drawn, and his unprepossessing persona seemed somehow enlarged and transformed, transformed into something different, something awe...	10
32	195	"His name was Nodachi".	10
39	70	"Tajima resented that Nodachi, the teacher and swordsman, would accept you as a pupil".	10
39	72	"That is not for you to say, but Nodachi," I said.	10
39	74	"That is apparently not the criterion in terms of which Nodachi selects his students," I said.	10
43	101	"However," said Pertinax, "it is exactly what Nodachi would expect.	10
43	103	"Nodachi?" I said.	10
43	105	"If Nodachi were about," I said, "I might do what is expected, as that would not be expected".	10
43	109	"Nodachi?" I said.	10
43	215	"He is a student of Nodachi," I said.	10
44	272	Where is Nodachi? His sword is worth a dozen swords".	10
44	278	"Where is Nodachi?" said Lord Temmu.	10
44	288	"Nodachi seeks him," said Lord Nishida.	10
44	337	"Seek Nodachi," I said.	10
45	176	"Nodachi?" said Pertinax.	10
45	177	"In the holding," I said, "Lord Nishida informed Lord Temmu that Nodachi had departed the holding, to seek Lord Yamada".	10
45	185	"And you came south," said Tajima, "to seek Nodachi".	10
45	191	"Nodachi had been missing for days," I said, "even before our return to the holding".	10
45	193	"If he thought Yamada with the march," I said, "would he not merely have waited?" "This man of whom you speak, this Nodachi," said Haruki, "may have been mistaken".	10
45	196	"If that were so," I said, "would not Yamada be dead, or the head of Nodachi flung to the ramparts of the holding?" "Still," said Tajima.	10
45	208	And we know nothing of the whereabouts of Nodachi.	10
45	218	"But what if two swords are not carried, or are not obviously carried?" Nodachi's cast of feature and form of body suggested a peasant origin.	10
45	233	Certainly there was little in the appearance of Nodachi which suggested the refinement, carriage, and authority of the typical Pani warrior.	10
45	234	The Pani tend to be class conscious, and I think few would have taken Nodachi seriously, until they had met his eyes.	10
45	239	"For all we know, Nodachi may have returned to the holding".	10
46	466	We then followed Nodachi, the swordsman, from the market square.	10
47	3	"Yes," said Nodachi, "and that none have survived it".	10
47	5	"It was not thought so," said Nodachi.	10
47	7	"It was not thought so," said Nodachi, not moving within the ropes which held his body bound to the post, his hands free, in the exercise yard.	10
47	19	And so there was our swordsman, and his cohorts! And what cohorts, their features concealed with wind scarves! Who could they be? Would they not be, if possible, individuals familiar with the palace and its grounds, those who would have been within its rooms and corridors, who would know their way a...	10
47	25	"If the rice can be obtained," said Nodachi.	10
47	27	"It is often so," said Nodachi.	10
47	28	"Do you think, swordsman," asked Lord Yamada, "that the fool Temmu, the wicked, will surrender his holding?" "No," said Nodachi.	10
47	30	"Do you think he understands that it can be destroyed by the iron dragon?" "Yes," said Nodachi.	10
47	32	"No," said Nodachi.	10
47	34	Nodachi did not respond.	10
47	37	"Lord Yamada is generous," said Nodachi.	10
47	39	"It is the generosity of the ost," said Nodachi.	10
47	41	"Yes," said Nodachi.	10
47	44	"The great lord desires the holding," said Nodachi.	10
47	46	"But the great lord desires the holding," said Nodachi.	10
47	52	"It is a lofty, mighty, and beautiful holding," said Nodachi.	10
47	54	"Does the great lord not fear the tarn cavalry?" asked Nodachi.	10
47	58	No sooner than Nodachi, Pertinax, Tajima, Haruki, and I had been admitted through the great portal we had been set upon by dozens of waiting Ashigaru, purportedly placed to lead us into the presence of Lord Yamada.	10
47	65	"He was angry," said Nodachi.	10
47	68	Nodachi, in his bonds, bowed.	10
47	70	"This humble one, great lord," said Nodachi, "is ever at your service".	10
47	73	"Propriety is understood," said Nodachi, again bowing.	10
47	125	Lord Yamada then turned back to Nodachi.	10
47	127	Nodachi was silent.	10
47	129	"I do not know the bow," said Nodachi.	10
47	131	"I see," said Nodachi.	10
47	152	"Yes," had said Nodachi, "and that none have survived it".	10
47	172	"This humble one is honored, great lord," said Nodachi.	10
47	174	"That, too, great lord," said Nodachi, "is my understanding".	10
47	176	"Perhaps," said Nodachi, "that many were guilty".	10
47	181	Nodachi bowed, politely, slightly, acknowledging this intelligence.	10
47	183	Nodachi bowed again.	10
47	185	The crowd, including we four prisoners, then withdrew from the post to which Nodachi was bound, his hands free.	10
47	189	"He is Nodachi," said Tajima.	10
47	206	"Are you ready?" called Lord Yamada to Nodachi.	10
47	207	"Yes, Lord," called Nodachi.	10
47	209	"Arm him," he called to Katsutoshi, who then handed the companion sword to Nodachi, and stepped to the side.	10
47	221	Nodachi inclined his head, bowing.	10
47	255	But the shogun's attention was on Nodachi, bound, hands free, the companion sword in hand, awaiting the tenth arrow.	10
47	262	But I do not think that either Lord Yamada or Nodachi heard me.	10
47	276	When would it strike?" The face of Nodachi seemed expressionless.	10
47	282	These two segments fell at the feet of Nodachi.	10
47	283	Even as we cried out with astonishment and pleasure, and Lord Yamada, shaken, tried to grasp what had occurred, Nodachi thrust the companion sword amongst the ropes which fastened him to the post, and the ropes parted, darting to the sides, as though fleeing from the blade.	10
47	284	Katsutoshi, captain of the shogun's guard, drew his sword and leaped between Nodachi and the shogun.	10
47	285	At the same time at least a dozen arrows were trained on Nodachi.	10
47	286	"You have done well," said the shogun to Nodachi.	10
47	289	"Stand aside," said Nodachi to the captain of the guard.	10
47	290	Katsutoshi almost quivered with tension, in an on-guard position, facing Nodachi, two hands on his field sword.	10
47	292	"Put ten men against me, or one hundred," called Nodachi to the shogun, "but be yourself, mighty lord, the last man in that line".	10
47	301	"Ten men, or a hundred," said Nodachi.	10
47	304	"My blade would meet your blade," said Nodachi.	10
47	312	"You see that I cannot," said Nodachi.	10
47	315	Nodachi inclined his head, briefly.	10
47	319	"It has been lifted, in war," said Nodachi.	10
47	323	The day is calm," said Nodachi.	10
47	326	"That is not honorable," said Nodachi.	10
47	327	"Do not concern yourself with us," I called to Nodachi.	10
47	330	"It is not honorable," said Nodachi.	10
47	332	"My sword," said Nodachi, bowing, and handing his sword, hilt first, to Katsutoshi, the captain of the shogun's guard.	10
48	31	I had now gathered that Nodachi was most likely encelled similarly.	10
49	122	I did not know where Nodachi might be encelled, or where Haruki might be housed, but I knew, from the afternoon, when we were to be fetched together to the tea of Lord Yamada, the incarceration chambers of both Tajima and Pertinax.	10
55	5	"Nodachi," said Pertinax, "said, 'Beware of silence'".	10
55	21	"We will attempt to locate Nodachi and Haruki," I said, "and then attempt to make contact with Ichiro, and the tarns, and then take flight north".	10
55	22	"Nodachi will not go with us," said Tajima.	10
55	31	"Nor Nodachi, now," said Pertinax.	10
55	33	"Let us search for Nodachi, and Haruki," I said.	10
55	137	Nodachi rose to his feet, stiffly, and returned their bow.	10
55	140	"We must learn," said Nodachi.	10
55	145	"Prisoners were freed," said Nodachi.	10
55	147	"I declined," said Nodachi.	10
55	155	"Storming, and rampaging about," said Nodachi.	10
55	159	"I do not know," said Nodachi.	10
55	162	"The palace is the seat of the shogun," said Nodachi.	10
55	165	"One meditates," said Nodachi, "but the stomach is an unwilling partner".	10
55	168	"Perhaps you will bring me a little," said Nodachi.	10
55	170	"We will not tell the stomach," said Nodachi.	10
55	172	"Even amongst the higher orders," said Nodachi, "it is said that some eat the rice of slaves".	10
55	176	"Ela, my friend," said Nodachi, smiling, looking about, "I, too, have been detained".	10
55	178	Nodachi first offered us the rice, but we politely refused.	10
55	180	Nodachi then sat down, cross-legged, and, using his fingers, fed.	10
55	183	Nodachi, not rising, inclined his head, politely.	10
55	186	"That is wise," said Nodachi.	10
55	189	"I have an audience with Lord Yamada," said Nodachi.	10
55	191	"It is my hope that he suspects," said Nodachi.	10
55	196	"They fear the return of troops," said Nodachi.	10
55	200	"It is the seat of the shogun," said Nodachi.	10
55	206	Nodachi set aside the last of the two bowls from which he had fed, and rose to his feet, smiled, and bowed graciously.	10
55	210	"Only what they can find," said Nodachi.	10
55	213	"There will be a trophy room," said Nodachi.	10
56	10	I did not know where Nodachi might be, but I suspected he was searching for a trophy room, wherever it might be, whatever it might be.	10
57	1	We Gather Intelligence; We Look Forward to a Decent Meal; We Wish to Find Nodachi; We Will Search for a Particular Room "You will kneel here," I said.	10
57	127	He had unclaimed her, before Nodachi.	10
57	310	"We must find Nodachi," said Tajima.	10
57	329	"They could take," I said, recalling the words of Nodachi, "only what they could find".	10
57	331	"And only," I said, again recalling the words of Nodachi, in this case a cryptic allusion, "what they did not fear to touch".	10
57	334	"Nodachi," I said, "seeks weapons".	10
58	1	We Will Arm Ourselves "I think," said Nodachi, a field sword across his legs, as he sat cross-legged in the trophy room, "Lord Yamada is in the palace".	10
58	4	"Fled south," said Nodachi.	10
58	13	"Doubtless," said Nodachi, "here and there, under prize officers, but not enough to hold back Lord Temmu, should he choose to march".	10
58	16	"Lord Yamada," suggested Nodachi.	10
58	20	"I do not think so," said Nodachi.	10
58	22	"Why," I asked, "do you think Lord Yamada is in the palace?" "He is shogun," said Nodachi.	10
58	25	"I do not think so," said Nodachi.	10
58	28	"I did not think it an accident that you are here," said Nodachi.	10
58	31	"Nodachi!" he had said, pleased.	10
58	39	"Nodachi?" I had asked.	10
58	68	In the morning, following some residue of the previous evening's meal, sumptuous compared to the miserable fare of the chamber of the Kurii, we had begun our search, the object of which was to rejoin Nodachi and locate the trophy room in which, we hoped, might be found weapons.	10
58	195	"Perhaps the scratches do not lead to a trophy room, but merely blaze a trail, that Nodachi might not inadvertently retrace his steps".	10
58	198	"We do not know," I said, "that the scratches were made by Nodachi".	10
58	216	"Tal," said Nodachi, sitting, waiting for us.	10
58	225	We then bowed to Nodachi and said, "Tal," which bows he politely returned, with an inclination of his head.	10
58	226	* * * "I think," had said Nodachi, a field sword across his legs, as he sat cross-legged in the trophy room, "Lord Yamada is in the palace".	10
58	229	This, too, had been doubted, by Nodachi.	10
58	250	"He is in the garden, at work," said Nodachi.	10
58	252	"It is well that the garden be tended," said Nodachi.	10
58	254	"No," said Nodachi.	10
58	256	"Yes," said Nodachi.	10
58	260	"Lord Yamada is shogun," said Nodachi.	10
58	263	"He will then die, attempting to bring it about," said Nodachi.	10
58	275	"Lord Yamada will be in the room of the great dais," said Nodachi, "in the prime audience chamber, where taxes and tributes are presented, where vassal daimyos are received".	10
58	277	"Lord Yamada does not hide," said Nodachi.	10
59	1	What Occurred in the Audience Chamber "Greetings, great and noble lord," said Nodachi, bowing.	10
59	13	Nodachi had entered through the main portal, facing the dais, walked to the dais, bowed, and politely announced himself.	10
59	22	"How dare you, magician, and charlatan," said Lord Yamada, "enter my presence unannounced?" "Forgive me, great lord," said Nodachi, "but I announced myself".	10
59	24	"The house of Yamada has fallen on hard times," said Nodachi.	10
59	26	"Only as long as you," said Nodachi.	10
59	30	The other was Katsutoshi, whom I recalled from the village, where Nodachi had twice divided a grain of rice, once with the companion sword, and once with the field sword.	10
59	32	"Where are your armies, great lord?" inquired Nodachi.	10
59	34	"I fear not," said Nodachi.	10
59	44	"You are not heavily defended," observed Nodachi.	10
59	46	"They object no more," said Nodachi.	10
59	48	"The door of my cell was left open," said Nodachi.	10
59	50	"It is so," said Nodachi.	10
59	54	"The palace was overrun, by peasants," said Nodachi.	10
59	66	"One must care for the arrow, understand the arrow, think as the arrow, and be as the arrow," said Nodachi.	10
59	68	"The test was passed," said Nodachi.	10
59	75	"You are ill defended," said Nodachi.	10
59	77	"I have no quarrel with two brave men," said Nodachi.	10
59	81	"You understand," said Nodachi, "that I have come to kill you".	10
59	83	"Your garden is lovely," said Nodachi.	10
59	85	"Let us repair to the garden," suggested Nodachi.	10
59	87	"I think it would be a good place to die, amidst the flowers and trees," said Nodachi.	10
59	89	"We must loosen steel," said Nodachi.	10
59	105	"Have I taught you nothing, dear friend?" said Nodachi.	10
59	149	"You understand, magician," said Lord Yamada to Nodachi, "that I cannot cross swords with you, as you are not of my level".	10
59	150	"I must beg your permission to permit me to do so," said Nodachi.	10
59	153	"I cannot, for he is my teacher, the master, Nodachi.	10
59	162	Izo, as it may be recalled, had been dispatched with ease by Nodachi.	10
59	164	The shogun then indicated Nodachi.	10
59	169	"I have no quarrel with this brave man," said Nodachi.	10
59	171	Both Tajima and Pertinax whipped out companion swords, taken from the trophy room, and stepped between Nodachi and Katsutoshi, who descended, lightly, from the dais.	10
59	173	"No," said Nodachi.	10
59	181	"The blade is to be held neither too lightly nor too tightly," said Nodachi.	10
59	184	"Not at all," said Nodachi.	10
59	189	"You must be as in the dojo, alert, and calm, cool, quick, steady, but not as in the dojo," said Nodachi, "for here you must be more, even more, for here it is different, for here you are facing steel which intends to cut you, swift steel intent upon entering your flesh, quick steel which is intent ...	10
59	193	"Step in," I said to Nodachi.	10
59	194	"I would not dishonor my pupil," said Nodachi.	10
59	197	"Then he will die well," said Nodachi.	10
59	199	"The blade, the blade," said Nodachi.	10
59	203	I recalled that Nodachi had accepted him as a student, something which had once disturbed Tajima, and, I think, Lord Okimoto.	10
59	204	"Ela," said Nodachi.	10
59	213	Is deception not the name of war? "Ela," said Nodachi, "he is not yet ready for such a foe".	10
59	215	In whose hand had it once leapt and soared? "Hold," said Nodachi.	10
59	219	"He will live," said Nodachi.	10
59	226	"I shall regret killing so noble a foe," said Nodachi.	10
59	228	"Do not interfere," said Nodachi.	10
59	231	I stepped between Katsutoshi and Nodachi.	10
59	281	Nodachi would have killed him.	10
59	283	"Young friends," said Nodachi to Tajima and Pertinax, "you have done well.	10
59	287	"My young friends," said Nodachi.	10
59	311	Nodachi then stepped between us, between Tajima, Pertinax, the slave, and I, and Katsutoshi, and advanced to a place before the dais.	10
59	316	"It is often so," said Nodachi.	10
59	318	"Then it will be I who will die," said Nodachi.	10
59	320	"Forgive me," said Nodachi.	10
59	322	"Yes," said Nodachi.	10
60	2	Nodachi nodded his acquiescence.	10
60	3	Tajima, his weapon recovered, Pertinax, wadding his shirt against his wound, and I, had accompanied Nodachi and the shogun to the garden, having taken our way through the open chamber leading to the garden, that chamber in which, some time ago, we had been entertained at the shogun's supper.	10
60	20	"You are shogun," said Nodachi, "great and noble one".	10
60	27	Lord Yamada thrust his field sword into the sand, and so, too, did Nodachi.	10
60	28	Nodachi wore a short-sleeved gray jacket of simple, rough cloth, as many peasants.	10
60	30	I did not expect Lord Yamada to stand long against Nodachi, but I did not know his skills.	10
60	38	"No, great lord," said Nodachi.	10
60	40	"And none was there," said Nodachi.	10
60	41	Suddenly Lord Yamada, startling me, rushed at Nodachi, and there was a brief, fierce, exchange, and both men stepped back.	10
60	44	"Yes," said Nodachi.	10
60	46	"I was," said Nodachi, bowing.	10
60	48	"Should they do so, one must be prepared," said Nodachi.	10
60	59	There was a streak of blood on the right cheek of Nodachi.	10
60	61	"Shoguns, as well," said Nodachi.	10
60	63	"The touch of the point was too low for the eye," said Nodachi.	10
60	65	"One intervenes, as one can," said Nodachi.	10
60	67	"Your garment is stained," said Nodachi.	10
60	72	"You fight well, peasant," said Lord Yamada to Nodachi, "better than any I have crossed steel with.	10
60	74	"One intervenes, as one can," said Nodachi.	10
60	77	"I must improve my skills," said Nodachi.	10
60	81	"Yet," said Nodachi, "some must follow it".	10
60	87	He then addressed a medley of blows to Nodachi so swift and fierce, so varied, and so deftly met that Tajima cried out in awe.	10
60	89	Nodachi, in the rhythms of combat, in its tides, in its alternation of offense and defense, had now elected to withstand this storm of steel rather than penetrate it, and seek in it some advantage.	10
60	96	"I live," said Nodachi, straightening up, and tearing away the shreds of his jacket from his left side.	10
60	100	"I am no avenger," said Nodachi.	10
60	103	"I have had it since birth," said Nodachi.	10
60	111	"Of what are you speaking?" said Nodachi.	10
60	116	"See the sign, the sign of the lotus!" "I am no avenger," said Nodachi.	10
60	117	"I am Nodachi".	10
60	119	"He has come back, to avenge a cemetery of brothers, a thousand wrongs, a generation of tyranny!" "This is not true!" said Nodachi.	10
60	128	But he regarded Nodachi, unflinchingly, as shogun.	10
60	130	"I know nothing of this," said Nodachi.	10
60	133	Then Haruki turned about, to face Nodachi.	10
60	136	Nodachi bowed.	10
60	139	"It is not honorable to kill one's father," said Nodachi.	10
60	193	The first two men who reached us, fell before the whipping, almost invisible, sword of Nodachi.	10
60	205	In the pause which followed Nodachi's swift, almost casual, felling of Lord Akio's two men, that small, eager, ill-fated vanguard unwisely addressing themselves, woefully unsupported, to their foray, both he and Lord Yamada had replaced their companion swords in their sashes and drawn up their field...	10
60	209	The lesson of Nodachi, it seems, had been well noted.	10
60	224	The portion of the bridge nearest the gate, and the raked sand, where contest had been done, was held by Nodachi, and, at his side, Lord Yamada.	10
60	243	I assumed these would be Lord Yamada, and Nodachi, in that order.	10
60	265	I would have chosen Lord Yamada as the commander of our small force, but he had ranked himself at the side of Nodachi.	10
60	280	I saw an officer fall before the stroke of Yasushi, once a pupil of Nodachi.	10
60	288	Die well!" "Who can read the fortunes of war?" said Nodachi.	10
60	290	"And may be as easily mistaken," said Nodachi.	10
60	291	"I saw how you handled your sword, stunted monster," said Lord Yamada to Nodachi.	10
60	293	"Blood is but the beginning," said Nodachi.	10
60	295	"Each must choose his own path," said Nodachi.	10
60	299	"Victories differ," said Nodachi.	10
60	303	"It is my path," said Nodachi, "I have chosen it for myself.	10
60	306	"I shall endeavor to do so," said Nodachi.	10
60	322	Fighting bodies were no longer interposed between Yasushi and Tajima and the foe at their portion of the bridge, nor, at the other portion of the bridge, that closer to the gate and the raked sand, between Lord Yamada and Nodachi and the foe.	10
60	323	Lord Yamada and Nodachi had turned to look up to me, at the height of the bridge.	10
60	327	Warned, Lord Yamada and Nodachi had swiftly turned, but only to see Lord Akio, in his exquisite robes, crumple to the ground.	10
60	383	"One often has little choice in such matters, father," said Nodachi.	10
60	481	"Will you march with me, son?" asked Lord Yamada of Nodachi, the swordsman.	10
61	291	"Stay with me," Lord Yamada had said to Nodachi.	10
61	293	"Forgive me, honored father," said Nodachi.	10
61	301	"Of course," said Nodachi, bowing.	10
61	304	"It is a path some will follow," said Nodachi.	10
61	307	"I am a man of peace," said Nodachi.	10
61	309	"There is no peace without the sword," said Nodachi.	10
61	423	So Aiko found herself on the palace grounds, brought by Ichiro and Haruki, while Lord Yamada, Nodachi, I, and some others, and the many peasants of Arashi, advanced to meet, and discomfit, the forces of Temmu on the north road.	10
61	434	It seemed she bore some resemblance to one who had once been Lord Yamada's favorite wife, she who had been the daughter of Haruki, and the mother of, amongst others, Nodachi, whom Haruki had saved from the strangler's cord.	10
61	966	Engaged in manual labor, he had grown lean and powerful, quick and agile, fierce and severe; he had studied with Nodachi, the swordsman; he had learned the tarn, the lance and bow, and manhood; he had taken for himself the proud name, Pertinax.	10