Japanese Inn

Japanese Inn

The beguiling story of the Minaguchi-ya, an ancient inn on the Tokaido Road, founded on the eve of the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. Travellers and guests flow into and past the inn â€” warriors on the march, lovers fleeing to a new life, pilgrims on their merry expeditions, great men going to and from the capital. The story of the Minaguchi-ya is a social history of Japan through 400 years, a ringside seat to some of the most stirring events of a stirring period.

â€˜Statler has created a strangely beautiful book that succeeds in conveying intact not only a great deal of its history but the mood of that land. The result is sheer delight. Japanese Inn is the work of a master craftsman; it is so well conceived that the narrative moves from past to present in the same paragraph without the slightest confusion to the reader; it is so well written that only in retrospect is one aware of its remarkable flawless style. Through the authorâ€™s particular magic, the stories unfold as one narrative, as beautifully and memorably as the unrolling of a long Japanese scroll.â€™â€”CURT GENTRY

â€˜The reader learns much of Japanâ€™s past â€” and, as is inevitable in a study of that country, of present-day Japanese as well. Mr Statlerâ€™s prose succeeds in evoking the pageantry of the past in the brilliant color of the kabuki stage. Nothing seems to have been overlooked by the author. Mr Statlerâ€™s book is Japanese history made easy, and grand entertainment.â€™â€” NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

â€˜Much of it is told in fictional form. Some of the episodes have come out of family annals and memories, some from the records of the temple; some are imagined; but all could have happened ... Mr Statler has told the story vividly and with sympathy. It moves. It has the authentic feel of Japan.â€™â€”INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE

Country	USA
Author	Oliver Statler
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781786251749
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Hauraki Publishing
Manufacturer	Hauraki Publishing
NumberOfPages	384
PublicationDate	2015-11-06
Publisher	Hauraki Publishing
ReleaseDate	2015-11-06
Studio	Hauraki Publishing

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