![]() ![]() And she will need them all, for a ronin, a lordless samurai-Tosa no Hanshiro, has been hired to trail her. All she has is her samurai training-in Haiku and Tanka poetry, in the use of the deadly six-foot weapon, the naginata, and in Japanese Zen thought. Set in 1702, it is a fictional account of the famous Japanese revenge story of the. ![]() Cat believes he is three hundred miles to the southwest in the imperial city of Kyoto.ĭisguising her loveliness in the humble garments of a traveling priest, Cat begins her quest. The Tokaido Road is a 1991 historical novel by Lucia St. Yet Cat’s career is temporary the powerful Lord Kira’s campaign against her family is continuing and she must find Oishi, leader of the samurai of the Asano clan, weapons master, philosopher, and Cat’s teacher. To do so, she will have to travel the Tokaido Road.Īs the novel opens, Lady Asano has transformed herself into Cat, a high-ranking courtesan, to support her widowed mother. In order to save herself Asano must find Oishi, the leader of the fighting men of her clan. Adrift in a dangerous world, she vows to avenge her father’s death and restore his name to honor. Clair Robson 4.12 1,060 ratings105 reviews After the execution of her father, the young and beautiful Lady Asano is in grave danger from the powerful Lord Kira. This is how Lady Asano has felt since the forced suicide of her father. An account of Japan’s most famous revenge story set in 1702. ![]()
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