The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi : : Detective Stories of Old Edo / / Kidō Okamoto.

"That year, quite a shocking incident occurred. . . ." So reminisces old Hanshichi in a story from one of Japan's most beloved works of popular literature, Hanshichi torimonochô. Told through the eyes of a street-smart detective, Okamoto Kidô's best-known work inaugurated the his...

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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2006]
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Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Ghost of Ofumi
  • The Stone Lantern
  • The Death of Kampei
  • The Room over the Bathhouse
  • The Dancer's Curse
  • The Mystery of the Fire Bell
  • The Daimyo's Maidservant
  • The Haunted Sash Pond
  • Snow Melting in Spring
  • Hiroshige and the River Otter
  • The Mansion of Morning Glories
  • A Cacophony of Cats
  • Benten's Daughter
  • The Mountain Party
  • About the Translator