The way of the traitor
Subtitle: a samurai mystery
By: Laura Joh Rowland.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Villard
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Sano, Ichirō (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Police -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction; Samurai -- Fiction; Japan -- History -- Genroku period, 1688-1704 -- Fiction
Description: In 1690 Nagasaki, the body of a Dutch trader washes up on the coast where foreign "barbarians" are lodged and guarded. Japan's preeminent detective-samurai, Sano Ichiro, risks his honor and his life to find the killer.