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Introductory vii

• The Christening 1
• Early Life 12
• Meeting with Kinsan 21
• Course Determined 29
• The Hidden Cave 35
• The Pledge 47
• An Unexpected Command 51
• The Marriage Ceremony 59
• The Wedding Feast 65
• The Stowaways 78
• Cast Adrift 81
• A Woman’s Privilege 89
• Danger in Shibusawa’s Absence 97
• The “No” Dance 104
• Home Abandoned 111
• A Great Sorrow 118
• The Child 122
• The Vow of Vengeance 129
• The Poet’s Banishment 132
• The Forty-Seven Ronin 136
• The Home-Coming 142
• A Meeting in the Garden 147
• An Unexpected Call 153
• The Geisha Party 160
• The Unhappy Meeting 167
• Daimyo’s Procession 175
• Shibusawa Reclaimed 182
• The Daimyo’s Arrest 188
• Maido’s Penalty 199
• The Earthquake 208
• The Child’s Fate 212
• Ronin Raids 218
• The Rise of Shibusawa 223
• Nehachibana’s Revenge 232
• Mobilizing the Samurai 241
• Battle of Fushima 248
• The Triumphal Arch 255
• Saving the Armada 258
• The Bivouac 265
• Siege of Tokyo 267
• The Restoration 278

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