"The story of a small Asian country with extraordinary aesthetic traditions that avoided colonization and overcame the devastation of World War II to become a prosperous modern force, while preserving its unique culture"-- Provided by publisher.
"The story of a small Asian country with extraordinary aesthetic traditions that avoided colonization and overcame the devastation of World War II to become a prosperous modern force, while preserving its unique culture"-- Provided by publisher.
At the age of eleven, in 1861, Sachi is taken from her village to the palace at Edo to become a concubine for the young shogun. A tale of adventure and romance in the final revolutionary years of Japan's shogunate period.