Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Mitsu and Kiku 1
5. The searcher 13
6. Nagasaki 27
7. The Road is long 39
8. The Temple of the Southern Barbarians 53
9. A Day of Hope 67
10. Spies 81
11. Battles in the Dark 93
12. The contest 103
13. Heavy rain 115
14. A chance encounter 127
15. The setting of the sun 141
16. The reunion 157
17. Separation 175
18. The crowd 185
19. Tsuwano 195
20. Maruyama 203
21. The valley of pain 217
22. Two kinds of love 227
23. A man named ITŌ 237
24. The blessed and the unblessed 247
25. Otome pass 261
26. The third winter 271
27. Snow and the blessed mother 281
28. Going home 289
29. Epilogue 301
30. Between the Lines: Author’s Afterword 311