Doll

Here is the first novel in the gripping Kyoto Craftsmen series-a page-turner look at the end of the samurai era and the beginning of the modern Japanese era, 1853-66, a time of political, financial and even deep climate change, sound familiar? Book One of the Kyoto Craftsmen series Set in 1853 just before Perry's arrival, Doll introduces readers to the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The250-year reign of the Tokugawa clan is fading. The Tokugawa clan's enemies plot to exploit the...
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Here is the first novel in the gripping Kyoto Craftsmen series-a page-turner look at the end of the samurai era and the beginning of the modern Japanese era, 1853-66, a time of political, financial and even deep climate change, sound familiar? Book One of the Kyoto Craftsmen series Set in 1853 just before Perry's arrival, Doll introduces readers to the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The250-year reign of the Tokugawa clan is fading. The Tokugawa clan's enemies plot to exploit the Shogunate's growing vulnerabilities, but little do even they realize the West is nearing their shores. Told for modern readers, this gritty series revolves around a handful of diverse characters. Xu Shu is a refugee from China, where his home country has already experienced Western "opening" in the Opium Wars. Kinjuro Ninko is the daughter of a dollmaker in Kyoto who suddenly finds herself caught between an avaricious warlord and a determined yakuza boss. Hakuin Nakahara is a once-powerful Buddhist monk, and Tenji Hanjiro is a young samurai in service to the Shogunate. From the streets of Kyoto to Japan's great inland lake Biwako, this is a look at fiercely changing time like you've never seen, or maybe like the one you are seeing now.