"Meiji Otome Monogatari" (Meiji Maiden's Tale) Shiro Takizawa Price: ¥1540 In the mid-Meiji era, Natsu and Saki, who attend the Women's Higher Normal School, are invited to a ball at the Rokumeikan. There, the clutches of rioters are lurking... In the Rokumeikan era, Saki and Natsu, who study at the Higher Normal School, defy the social climate that women don't need education, and as "fighting maidens," they are dynamic. Winner of the 2017 Seicho Matsumoto Prize. Stains on the inside cover. #ShiroTakizawa #Takizawa_Shiro #book #JapaneseLiterature/NovelsStories