Status Updates From The Pillow Boy of the Lady ...

found this book lying on a bookshelf at work (????) but loving it so far actually

great story , nice ,earthy , very Asian

Fished reading it , wonderfully earthy story, well translated by Alison Fell.
Loved not from the start ,but as the story found it 's way into my mind ,
I thoroughly enjoyed it to the end

Wonderful book ,I loved it .Alison Fell didn't hold back on tranlation , that's great.The Asian background is fantastic , the detailed sometimes comical situations are superb.

In the meantime the General's caravan breasted the pass at Mitsusaka Mountain, traversed the juniper-scented shoulder of Mount Atsumi, and dismounted for inspection at the barrier of Fuha. From the rolling foothills of Mino the company descended to the flat rice-lands of the coast, and crossed to Owari Province by the Kuromata ferry.

Tying the scroll with a spray of almond blossom cunningly rendered in shaded silks, she dispatched Tokiden to the house of the Lady Ochibu. Tokiden hurried through the moated streets with her mantle clasped tightly around her and her head tucked in like a turtle's against the butting wind. On arrival at the house, however, she found the servants in disarray.