A work of Japanese literature.
From the creator of the popular novel “The Cuckoo.”
A touching story about the destruction of an established order and the unstoppable development of society.
Two decades after the Meiji Revolution, all power in Japan belongs to the emperor. Traditional society, which respected customs, gives way to modern, future-oriented life. Shoguns and samurai become history, and new leaders step in—financiers and entrepreneurs.
Saburō Higashi, an elderly disabled samurai and a devoted adherent of the deposed shogun, cannot accept the new reality and is powerless to change it. The proud veteran inevitably loses his most important battle—against progress…