Under the Cherry Blossoms (The 2004 Revised Edition by)

Author: (Japan) Watanabe Jun
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The weeping cherry branches hanging over the black walls of the samurai's house, the weeping cherry blossoms in Kyoto blooming like fiery bursts at noon, the weeping cherry blossoms in the night of Yasaka burning like fire. Among this rare and beautiful scenery, there lingers a taste of bloodshed—the weeping cherry blossoms of the samurai's house are stained with the blood of samurai who killed, and the branches of the weeping cherry blossoms in Kyoto are tinged with the blood of lustful men and women who died without illness. He slowly caressed the woman who held her breath in silence, first wrapping one hand around her shoulder, while the other empty hand moved from her head to her neck, touching her earlobe gently and kissing it. When he did, Koko trembled. The son she liked, Yasuda, had become an unchangeable fact, but the one she had originally loved was her mother. Her mother was the woman she had met and deeply loved, and how could a daughter possibly snatch away her mother's love?