Publisher: Dark Horse
Release Year: 2014
Author: Kazuo Koike
Artist: Goseki Kojima
Yamada Asaemon, the shogun's executioner, receives many strange requests from the condemned: a woman who bequeaths her severed locks to her beloved, a gardener who ask for the "beheading" of a chrysanthemum. And while strangers to Asaemon, their final moments and the stories behind their appeals can sometimes reveal more of a person's character than a lifetime of association.