Daughters of Nijo: A Romance of Japan

Onoto Watanna

Novel
Book language: English
172 pages

Daughters of Nijo, by Onoto Watanna, is an early twentieth-century romance novel set in Japanese court circles. It follows young women of the Nijo palace as love, duty, and family expectation shape their lives, with scenes of betrothal, court gossip, and moonlit meetings. It offers a warm, atmospheric glimpse into an imagined Japan of princesses and palace intrigue.

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DAUGHTERS OF NIJO
Contents
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BEFORE THE STORY’S ACTION
CHAPTER I THE CHILD OF THE SUN
CHAPTER II AN EMPEROR’S PROMISE
CHAPTER III MASAGO
CHAPTER IV A BETROTHAL
CHAPTER V GOSSIP OF THE COURT
CHAPTER VI THE PRINCESS SADO-KO
CHAPTER VII THE PICTURE BY THE ARTIST-MAN
CHAPTER VIII A SENTIMENTAL PRINCESS
CHAPTER IX MOON TRYST
CHAPTER X COUSIN KOMATZU
CHAPTER XI A MIRROR AND A PHOTOGRAPH
CHAPTER XII MISTS OF KAMAKURA
CHAPTER XIII DAUGHTERS OF NIJO
CHAPTER XIV SOLUTION OF THE GODS
CHAPTER XV THE CHANGE
CHAPTER XVI A FAMILY COUNCIL
CHAPTER XVII THE NEW MASAGO
CHAPTER XVIII A MOTHER BLIND
CHAPTER XIX WITHIN THE PALACE NIJO
CHAPTER XX AN EVIL OMEN
CHAPTER XXI “YOU ARE NOT SADO-KO!”
CHAPTER XXII THE COMING HOME OF JUNZO
CHAPTER XXIII THE CONVALESCENT
CHAPTER XXIV A ROYAL PROCLAMATION
CHAPTER XXV THE EVE OF A WEDDING
CHAPTER XXVI MASAGO’S RETURN

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