Lucia St. Clair Robson wrote "Tokaido Road" in The level of research obviously done for this book is amazing. The details are almost overwhelming. I felt I was seriously in feudal Japan and on this great roadway from Kyoto to Edo. "Cat" the main character is not a sweet, kimono-clad beauty, but a woman who pulses with real life/5(67). There are many places along The Tokaido Road that have not changed much since the early s. Lucia lived in Japan in and made three more trips in the late s to . · There's a deep sense of respect in Lucia St. Clair Robson's meticulously researched portrayal of Feudal Japan and the Floating World. From the rich, evocative language to the details and names of clothing, The Tokaido Road is a love letter to Feudal Japan. I don't know for sure how accurate it really is, having neither a degree in Japanese.
Basho, perhaps Japan's most famous poet, inspired this article. Basho lived from to , so he was a contemporary of my story's fictional heroine, Cat. His words are an introduction to The Tokaido Road, a tale of revenge, peril, honor, and love. She believes he is 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. Aunt Sue's Blue Notes My Aunt Sue passed away and left me a piece of her mind, or rather several thousand pieces of her mind. The 13, pages of her edition of the New Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia, in thirty-six volumes, cover subjects from A to ZYZN. Aunt.
The Tokaido Road by Lucia St. Clair Robson The Tokaido Road is a break for Lucia St Clair Robson from her adventures in the American Revolution, and the American tragedy of the Trail of Tears. The Tokaido Road is a dynamic story showing the ideology of Feudal Japan. The Tokaido Road. Letters From Japan On the Road Again The human itch to hit the road goes way back. Add Lucia St Clair Robson’s Novels To Your Lineup!. —Cosmopolitan on The Tokaido Road “Intoxicating Recreates the colorful people, stunning landscapes and arcane customs of feudal Japan Robson keeps the story moving deftly through the separate worlds of cortesans, warriors, priests, peasants, poets, and actors, with an eye for the complex rules that govern them all.”.
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