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Daughters of Nijo: A Romance of Japan — Onoto Watanna

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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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. DAUGHTERS OF NIJO
  2. Contents
  3. Illustrations
  4. BEFORE THE STORY’S ACTION
  5. CHAPTER I THE CHILD OF THE SUN
  6. CHAPTER II AN EMPEROR’S PROMISE
  7. CHAPTER III MASAGO
  8. CHAPTER IV A BETROTHAL
  9. CHAPTER V GOSSIP OF THE COURT
  10. CHAPTER VI THE PRINCESS SADO-KO
  11. CHAPTER VII THE PICTURE BY THE ARTIST-MAN
  12. CHAPTER VIII A SENTIMENTAL PRINCESS
  13. CHAPTER IX MOON TRYST
  14. CHAPTER X COUSIN KOMATZU
  15. CHAPTER XI A MIRROR AND A PHOTOGRAPH
  16. CHAPTER XII MISTS OF KAMAKURA
  17. CHAPTER XIII DAUGHTERS OF NIJO
  18. CHAPTER XIV SOLUTION OF THE GODS
  19. CHAPTER XV THE CHANGE
  20. CHAPTER XVI A FAMILY COUNCIL
  21. CHAPTER XVII THE NEW MASAGO
  22. CHAPTER XVIII A MOTHER BLIND
  23. CHAPTER XIX WITHIN THE PALACE NIJO
  24. CHAPTER XX AN EVIL OMEN
  25. CHAPTER XXI “YOU ARE NOT SADO-KO!”
  26. CHAPTER XXII THE COMING HOME OF JUNZO
  27. CHAPTER XXIII THE CONVALESCENT
  28. CHAPTER XXIV A ROYAL PROCLAMATION
  29. CHAPTER XXV THE EVE OF A WEDDING
  30. CHAPTER XXVI MASAGO’S RETURN

and 3 more chapters

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