The Tōkaidō road : a novel of feudal Japan

After the execution of her father, the young and beautiful Lady Asano, who now calls herself Cat, is in grave danger: the powerful Lord Kira's campaign against her family is continuing and she must find Oishi, the leader of the fighting men of the Asano clan. Cat believes he is three hundred miles to the southwest in the imperial city of Kyoto.Disguising her loveliness in the humble garments of a traveling priest, Cat begins her quest along the fabled Tokaido Road. All she has is her samurai training, her deadly, six-foot-long naginata, and her quick wits. And she will need them all, for a ronin has been hired to pursue her, a mysterious man who will play a role in Cat's drama that neither could have ever imagined. . . . "Breathtaking . . . Intriguing . . . It reminds us that the Japanese regard eroticism as an art, a skill as cultivated as flower arranging and pouring tea." -- Boston Sunday Herald THE TŌKAIDŌ ROAD......Page 7 CHAPTER 1......Page 8 CHAPTER 2......Page 14 CHAPTER 3......Page 19 CHAPTER 4......Page 25 CHAPTER 5......Page 31 CHAPTER 6......Page 38 CHAPTER 7......Page 44 CHAPTER 8......Page 47 CHAPTER 9......Page 55 CHAPTER 10......Page 62 CHAPTER 11......Page 65 CHAPTER 12......Page 71 CHAPTER 13......Page 77 CHAPTER 14......Page 82 CHAPTER 15......Page 86 CHAPTER 16......Page 93 CHAPTER 17......Page 97 CHAPTER 18......Page 102 CHAPTER 19......Page 110 CHAPTER 20......Page 117 CHAPTER 21......Page 124 CHAPTER 22......Page 128 CHAPTER 23......Page 134 CHAPTER 24......Page 142 CHAPTER 25......Page 147 CHAPTER 26......Page 151 CHAPTER 27......Page 157 CHAPTER 28......Page 163 CHAPTER 29......Page 168 CHAPTER 30......Page 172 CHAPTER 31......Page 180 CHAPTER 32......Page 186 CHAPTER 33......Page 192 CHAPTER 34......Page 197 CHAPTER 35......Page 203 CHAPTER 36......Page 210 CHAPTER 37......Page 217 CHAPTER 38......Page 222 CHAPTER 39......Page 229 CHAPTER 40......Page 235 CHAPTER 41......Page 243 CHAPTER 42......Page 250 CHAPTER 43......Page 258 CHAPTER 44......Page 265 CHAPTER 45......Page 271 CHAPTER 46......Page 275 CHAPTER 47......Page 280 CHAPTER 48......Page 287 CHAPTER 49......Page 291 CHAPTER 50......Page 295 CHAPTER 51......Page 301 CHAPTER 52......Page 305 CHAPTER 53......Page 309 CHAPTER 54......Page 316 CHAPTER 55......Page 321 CHAPTER 56......Page 324 CHAPTER 57......Page 331 CHAPTER 58......Page 336 CHAPTER 59......Page 339 CHAPTER 60......Page 346 CHAPTER 61......Page 352 CHAPTER 62......Page 359 CHAPTER 63......Page 364 CHAPTER 64......Page 369 CHAPTER 65......Page 374 CHAPTER 66......Page 377 CHAPTER 67......Page 382 CHAPTER 68......Page 386 CHAPTER 69......Page 390 CHAPTER 70......Page 394 CHAPTER 71......Page 401 CHAPTER 72......Page 406 CHAPTER 73......Page 412 CHAPTER 74......Page 416 CHAPTER 75......Page 420 CHAPTER 76......Page 426 CHAPTER 77......Page 432 CHAPTER 78......Page 438 CHAPTER 79......Page 445 EPILOGUE......Page 448 AUTHOR’S NOTE......Page 449 After the execution of her father, the young and beautiful Lady Asano is in grave danger from the powerful Lord Kira. In order to save herself Asano must find Oishi, the leader of the fighting men of her clan. She believes he is three hundred miles to the southwest in the imperial city of Kyoto. Disguising her loveliness in the humble garments of a traveling priest, and calling herself Cat, Lady Asano travels the fabled Tokaido Road. Her only tools are her quick wits, her samurai training, and her deadly, six foot-long naginata. And she will need them all, for a ronin has been hired to pursue her, a mysterious man who will play a role in Cat's drama that neither could have ever imagined. . . . Lady Asano vows to avenge the forced suicide execution of her father and restore his name to honor. To do so she will have to travel the Tokaido Road Next to Cat's room in the House of the Perfumed Lotus a game of Naked Islanders was in riotous progress.