First Sentence
From the attic of a shop in Edo's Nihonbashi merchant district, Sano Ichiro, the shogun's sosakan-sama-Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People-conducted a secret surveillance. Read the first page
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These are the most frequently used words in this book.
again
against
another
asagao
asked
away
bakufu
behind
between
came
case
chamberlain
come
court
death
detective
door
down
emperor
even
eyes
face
found
fukida
garden
gate
go
guards
hands
head
heard
help
himself
hoshina
house
husband
ichijo
imperial
jokyoden
killer
knew
know
konoe
kozeri
lady
last
left
let
life
long
looked
man
marume
men
might
minister
miyako
momozono
murder
must
new
night
now
own
palace
power
prince
reiko
right
room
samurai
sano
saw
see
shogun
still
stood
suspects
take
tell
temple
think
thought
time
tokugawa
told
tomohito
toward
turned
two
voice
wall
want
wanted
wife
woman
yanagisawa
yes
yet
yoriki
