Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince
core novel 1996 Dragon Sword and Wind Child
Record
| Original title | 白鳥異伝 (Hakuchou Iden) |
|---|---|
| First published | 1996 |
| Original language |  JA |
| First English translation | 2011 |
| Translator | Cathy Hirano |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.04 (181 ratings, collected 2026-09-22) |
| Page count | 443 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781421537252 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Generations after the first book, Toko, a girl raised in a remote mountain village, and her foster brother Oguna set out across the land after Oguna is drawn into the wars of the imperial court by a sudden, godlike power tied to the Dragon Sword. As his ambitions harden into obligation, Toko undertakes her own journey to recover the scattered beads of a sacred necklace, discovering that divine power brings burdens as often as it grants gifts.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dragon Sword and Wind Child
- Series: The Jade Trilogy core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Noriko Ogiwara
Notes
- From the series record (The Jade Trilogy): Three connected novels drawing on ancient Japanese mythology and history, sharing a world, mythology, and recurring sacred artifacts (the magatama jewels and the Dragon Sword) rather than a continuous cast -- each volume has its own protagonists, generations apart. The third volume, Usubeni Tennyo, has no English translation.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Jade Trilogy: position 2 of 3: previous Dragon Sword and Wind Child (1988) · next Usubeni Tennyo (1996)
Sources
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