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Index
Title page
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION
List of Illustrations
FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS
CHAPTER ONE - In which the inn is introduced
CHAPTER TWO - 1569-1582 - In which the inn is founded
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
CHAPTER THREE - 1582-1605 - In which a reluctant Mochizuki is pushed deeper into innkeeping
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
CHAPTER FOUR - 1947 and 1605-1621-In which I become acquainted with the inn-three and a quarter centuries after its establishment is formally acknowledged
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
FOURTH GENERATION
CHAPTER FIVE - 1651 and Today - In which the inn becomes involved in a rebellion against Tokugawa rule
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
SIXTH AND SEVENTH GENERATIONS
CHAPTER SIX - Today and 1691 - In which the inn shelters important and exotic guests
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
CHAPTER SEVEN - The 1690s - Which explores the pleasures offered by a Tokaido post town, and some of the troubles and compensations which come the way of an innkeeper
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
CHAPTER EIGHT - The 1690s - Which investigates the medicine shops of Seikenji, and their special attractions
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
CHAPTER NINE - The 1690s - Which concerns the light-hearted pilgrims of the Tokaido
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
CHAPTER TEN - 1701-1703 - In which the master of the Minaguchi-ya observes the course of a vendetta that stirs all Japan
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH GENERATIONS
CHAPTER ELEVEN - 1842 - In which one of Japan’s great artists visits the Minaguchi-ya
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
SEVENTEENTH GENERATION
CHAPTER TWELVE - 1820-1893 - Which introduces the Tokaido’s Number One Boss
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
EIGHTEENTH GENERATION
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - 1889-1940 - In which the inn successfully makes the transition into modern times
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
TWENTIETH GENERATION
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - 1940-1957 - In which the inn survives the war and the Occupation
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - 1957 - In which the Emperor and Empress of Japan honor the inn as its guests
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
THE MENUS FOR THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS MINAGUCHI-YA, 1957
DINNER, OCTOBER 25
BREAKFAST, OCTOBER 26
LUNCHEON, OCTOBER 26
DINNER, OCTOBER 26
BREAKFAST, OCTOBER 27
LUNCHEON, OCTOBER 27
Postscript
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER
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