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DAUGHTERS OF NIJO

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DAUGHTERS OF NIJO

A ROMANCE OF JAPAN

ONOTO WATANNA

AUTHOR OF “A JAPANESE NIGHTINGALE,” “THE WOOING OF WISTARIA,” “THE HEART OF HYACINTH,” ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS BY KIYOKICHI SANO

New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & Co., LTD. 1904

All rights reserved

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COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

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Set up, electrotyped, and published April, 1904. Reprinted April, 1904.

Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood. Mass., U.S.A.

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Contents

CHAPTER PAGE Before the Story’s Action 13 I. The Child of the Sun 25 II. An Emperor’s Promise 41 III. Masago 53 IV. A Betrothal 67 V. Gossip of the Court 77 VI. The Princess Sado-ko 87 VII. The Picture by the Artist-man 101 VIII. A Sentimental Princess 113 IX. Moon Tryst 127 X. Cousin Komatzu 147 XI. A Mirror and a Photograph 163 XII. Mists of Kamakura 175 XIII. Daughters of Nijo 189 XIV. Solution of the Gods 199 XV. The Change 211 XVI. A Family Council 229 XVII. The New Masago 243 XVIII. A Mother Blind 255 XIX. Within the Palace Nijo 267 XX. An Evil Omen 281 XXI. “You are not Sado-ko!” 295 XXII. The Coming Home of Junzo 309 XXIII. The Convalescent 321 XXIV. A Royal Proclamation 335 XXV. The Eve of a Wedding 347 XXVI. Masago’s Return 359 XXVII. A Gracious Princess at Last 377 XXVIII “THE GODS KNEW BEST!” 389

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Illustrations

“She did not speak to the attendant Frontispiece while she dined, but continued to stare before her through the open shoji”

“A score of ripe cherries descended upon 35 her head”

“‘Look,’ cried Sado-ko, clutching his 143 sleeve”

Mists of Kamakura 183

“Then up and down the room in the long, 217 trailing robe of Princess Sado-ko, walked, peacock-like, the maiden Masago”

“Then soft alighted on a cherry tree, 223 and filled the air with its sweet song”

“She met his eyes, then flushed and 331 trembled”

“Between the parted shoji, she stood 365 like one uncertain”