Title: Kyōgeki ga kieta hi
Description: This is a beautiful picture book about a child living along the banks of Qinhuai River in Nanjing. A famous actor from the Peking Opera came to stay with her family, and she learned a lot about the theater until the Japanese invasion of Nanjing destroyed her home, the theater, and many of her friends and family
Subjects: Theater, Juvenile fiction, Children, History, Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937
Places: China, Nanjing Shi
Time periods: 1928-1937