Hana is just seventeen when her husband goes to war, leaving her very vulnerable. When enemy soldiers attack her house she flees for her life and takes refuge in the Yoshiwara, Tokyo's famous pleasure quarter. There she is forced to train as a courtesan. Yozo, a traveller and brilliant swordsman returns to Japan after four years in the Victorian West. Joining his rebel comrades, he is captured only to escape and flee to the Yoshiwara, which is outside of the law. There the battered fugitive meets the beautiful courtesan. ...
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Hana is just seventeen when her husband goes to war, leaving her very vulnerable. When enemy soldiers attack her house she flees for her life and takes refuge in the Yoshiwara, Tokyo's famous pleasure quarter. There she is forced to train as a courtesan. Yozo, a traveller and brilliant swordsman returns to Japan after four years in the Victorian West. Joining his rebel comrades, he is captured only to escape and flee to the Yoshiwara, which is outside of the law. There the battered fugitive meets the beautiful courtesan. But each has a terrible secret that will threaten their lives...
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