The beguiling story of the Minaguchi-ya, an ancient inn on the Tokaido Road, founded on the eve of the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. Travelers and guests flow into and past the inn-warriors on the march, lovers fleeing to a new life, pilgrims on their merry expeditions, great men going to and from the capital. The story of the Minaguchi-ya is a social history of Japan through 400 years, a ringside seat to some of the most stirring events of a stirring period.
- ISBN10 1169965784
- ISBN13 9781169965782
- Publish Date 1 February 2011 (first published 1 February 1972)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Kessinger Publishing
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 380
- Language English