Footprints

Oshō comes to Tokyo as a child, carrying her family’s uncertain hopes into a city of service, restaurant work, and precarious households.

Debt, illness, romance, and a troubled marriage continually narrow her choices. Through clothes, food, money, and everyday conversation, Tokuda Shūsei observes the struggle for a livelihood and a place to belong.

Complete English translation of all eighty-six chapters, with concise contextual and textual notes.