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Text © 2018 Tracy Franz.
The lines quoted from the poem by Ryokan are from a translation by Edward Seidensticker (https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1968/kawabata-lecture.html).
Map artwork from Free Vector Maps, http://freevectormaps.com.
Cover design by Linda Ronan incorporating a photograph by Ekaterina Dema/Shutterstock.com. Book design by Peter Goodman.
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p-ISBN: 978-1-61172-042-6
e-ISBN: 978-1-61172-930-6