Sparks of Tomorrow

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Synopsis

The novel takes place in the summer of 1907, the 40th year of the Meiji era. 15-year-old Inako Momokawa lives in the Fushimi area of Kyoto, and is the second daughter of a sake brewer. Nothing she does ever comes out right, and she receives a scolding from her father every day. Her only relief is the trust she places in her prayers to the gods. One day while at Fushimi Inari shrine, she meets a freewheeling young man named Kihachi Sakamoto. He rejects the gods, and boasts of the incoming age of…

Characters

Kihachi Sakamoto

Inako Momokawa

Kate Ookura

Akira Ibata

Stuart Smith

Yajirou Yagura

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