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When the powerful Lord Takeda’s soldiers sweep across the countryside, killing and plundering, they spare the boy Taro’s life and take him along with them. Taro becomes a servant in the household of the noble Lord Akiyama, where he meets Togan, a cook, who teaches Taro and makes his new life... read more
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“Those who wear silk seldom revolt, for they do not know the bitterness of a night wind, nor the language of a hungry stomach.”
Lord Akiyama -
“Charity should always be mute, for those who never practice it find that virtue an affront.”
Yoshitoki -
“The butterfly in spring does not know it will die in autumn; intoxicated by its own beauty it flutters from flower to flower, thinking that its life will last forever. (on ambitious political leaders)”
The Hermit -
“The center of each man's soul is the center of the world. Even a beggar thinks than in his cupped hand he holds a universe.'”
Lord Akiyama -
“Those soldiers belonging to the victorious side whose bllod has oozed into the ground and whose hearts have ceased beating; have they partaken in the triumph as well as those who are unscarred and busy draining cups of sake to each other's glorious deeds? I rather think they belong instead to the defeated.”
Yoshitoki
First Sentence edit
"Stand still, my child."
Authors & Contributors edit
- Erik Christian Haugaard (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0395549701
Page Count: 234
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0395549701
Page Count: 234
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