Life in Japan for a transplanted Californian with a fledgling antiques business and a nonexistent love life isn't always fun, but when the flower arranging class Rei Shimura's aunt cajoles her into taking turns into a stage for murder, Rei finds plenty of excitement she's been missing.

McClellan's essays are unique contributions to our understanding of a distinguished literature which has only recently begun to be seriously explored and will prove to be indispensable to those interested in the development of the modern Japanese novel. Soseki (1867-1916) and Toson (1872-1943) were two outstanding writers during the formative period of modern Japanese literature

A poignant novel focusing on the havoc caused by the afflictions of old age in one small, ordinary family. Over one million copies sold in Japan within a year of publication

It is 1862 and Japan is a land in chaos as the power of the Shogun wanes and the rival factions plan to restore the emperor. In Yokohama, the gai-jin, the hated foreigners, seek to profit from the chaos. At the head of the Noble House, and heir to the title of Tai-Pan, stands Malcolm Struan who is determined to become his own man and marry the woman he loves.