Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi Detective Stories of Old Edo

Name: Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi Detective Stories of Old Edo
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ISBN: 9780824831004

ISBN-10: 0824831004

ISBN-13: 9780824831004

Edition: 2007

Authors: KidÅ Okamoto, Ian MacDonald, Japanese Lit PUB

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"That year, quite a shocking incident occurred...." So reminisces old Hanshichi in a story from one of Japan's most beloved works of popular literature, Hanshichi torimonoch#x014D; . Told through the eyes of a street-smart detective, Okamoto Kid#x014D; 's best-known work inaugurated the historical detective genre in Japan, spawning stage, radio, movie, and television adaptations as well as countless imitations. This selection of fourteen stories, translated into English for the first time, provides a fascinating glimpse of life in feudal Edo (later Tokyo) and rare insight into the development of the fledgling Japanese crime novel. Once viewed as an exclusively modern genre derivative of…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Publication date: 12/31/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


The Ghost of Ofumi


The Stone Lantern


The Death of Kampei


The Room over the Bathhouse


The Dancer's Curse


The Mystery of the Fire Bell


The Daimyo's Maidservant


The Haunted Sash Pond


Snow Melting in Spring


Hiroshige and the River Otter


The Mansion of Morning Glories


A Cacophony of Cats


Benten's Daughter


The Mountain Party