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A selection of fourteen stories, translated into English, which provides a glimpse of life in feudal Edo (later Tokyo) and insight into the development of the fledgling Japanese crime novel. These stories provide an understanding of modern Japan and its aspirations toward a literature that steps outside the shadow of the West to stand on its own.

The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi

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    A Paperback by Okamoto Kido, Ian MacDonald

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      Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
      Publication Date: 1/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780824831004, 978-0824831004
      ISBN10: 0824831004

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      Book Synopsis
      A selection of fourteen stories, translated into English, which provides a glimpse of life in feudal Edo (later Tokyo) and insight into the development of the fledgling Japanese crime novel. These stories provide an understanding of modern Japan and its aspirations toward a literature that steps outside the shadow of the West to stand on its own.

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