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出版社 : チャールズ・イー・タトル出版

The Old CapitalThe Old Capital

川端康成の長編小説『古都』英文版。The Old Capital is of one of the three works for which Yasunari Kawabata won the Nobel Prize for Literature.Set in Kyoto-the old capital of Japan for a thousand years-this lyric novel traces the life of Chieko,the beloved adopted daughter of a kimono designer and his wife.Believing that she had ben kidnapped by the couple as a baby,Chieko learns one day that she was instead a foundling,left abandoned on a doorstep.Happy with her adopted parents,however,her security and contentment remain undisturbed until an answered prayer at the famous Yasaka Shrine dramatically alters the course of her life.

47 Ronin47 Ronin

The story begins in 1701 when the noble Lord Asano attacks an official at court.His punishment is swift and harsh-the Emperor orders Lord Asano to commit ritual suicide(harikiri).His lands are confiscated,his family exiled,and his Samurai warrior brigade is disbanded-becoming Ronin or masterless,wandering renegades.While appearing to follow the Emperor’s instructions,the 47 Ronin plot in secret for many years,biding their time until the moment to strike is right.Like the story of the Knights of the Round Table,the Ronin’s deeds have become legendary examples of courage,cunning and loyalty in a land where the Samurai are true heroes and honor is something worth dying for.John Allyn’s vivid retelling,with a foreword by scholar, Stephen Turnbull,presents this Japanese epic in its full historical context.

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