Collection
Series
Genres
Status
Available
Description
Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial families, a new and powerful political and social elite. Kiyoaki has been raised among the elegant Ayakura family - members of the waning aristocracy - but he is not one of them. Coming of age, he is caught up in the tensions between old and new, and his feelings for the exquisite, spirited Sakoto, observed from the sidelines by his devoted friend Honda. When Sakoto is engaged to a royal prince, Kiyoaki realises the magnitude of his passion.
Publication
New York : Vintage International, 1990.
ISBN
0679722416 / 9780679722410
Pages
389
Language
Original language
Japanese
Original publication date
1968 (original Japanese)
1967
1972 (English: Gallagher)