In Meiji Tokyo, a young American woman and the foreigners around her move through the cherry-blossom crowds, temples and pleasure quarters of a Japan racing to modernise. The tale weaves together a maker of Buddhas, a sinister doctor and a web of intrigue, and its foreword, by a Japanese acquaintance of the author, praised its feeling for the Japanese spirit.
A colourful 1910 romance of East and West, best read as a period piece of American fascination with Japan. Download the free EPUB.