Shinjū (novel)
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Shinjū is the title of the first novel by American writer Laura Joh Rowland
, a mystery set in 1689 Genroku
-era Japan. The main character, a yoriki
(a lower-ranking police officer) named Sano Ichirō, investigates a double murder disguised as a lovers' suicide.
Laura Joh Rowland
Laura Joh Rowland is a detective/mystery author best known for her series of mystery novels set in the late days of feudal Japan, mostly in Edo during the late 17th century...
, a mystery set in 1689 Genroku
Genroku
was a after Jōkyō and before Hōei. This period spanned the years from September 1688 through March 1704. The reigning emperor was .The years of Genroku are generally considered to be the Golden Age of the Edo Period. The previous hundred years of peace and seclusion in Japan had created relative...
-era Japan. The main character, a yoriki
Yoriki
were members of the samurai class of feudal Japan. Yoriki literally means helper or 'assistant.-Description and History:Yoriki assisted Daimyo or their designated commanders during military campaigns in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.In the Edo period, yoriki became to provide administrative...
(a lower-ranking police officer) named Sano Ichirō, investigates a double murder disguised as a lovers' suicide.