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Mistress Oriku: Stories from a Tokyo Teahouse (Tuttle Classics)
Mistress Oriku Stories from a Tokyo Teahouse - Tuttle Classics Author:Matsutaro Kawaguchi, Royall Tyler Set in Meiji-era Japan, this is the story of the sensitive, compassionate and indomitable — Mistress Oriku. Formerly involved in the pleasure trades of Tokyo, Mistress Oriku leaves — that life behind to run an elegant teahouse on the city’s outskirts. But despite her hopes for a quieter, less hectic life, she finds she can’t escape her involvement... more » in the city’s creative, intellectual and political circles.« less