In feudal Japan, under the cruel rule of the Hojo family, the farmer Koshiu dares to protest crushing taxes. He and his wife Kennui are crucified, but before he dies Koshiu calls down a curse on his oppressors, and the story follows its working through young lovers, an abbess, a young Mikado and the fall of a great house.
A Victorian romance of old Japan, colourful and dramatic, written when Western readers were first discovering Japanese history. Download the free EPUB.