The Great Bodhisattva Pass, Book 14: Lady Ogin

Lady Ogin refuses to abandon the unconscious Kōnai, even when her father demands that she stop nursing him. Leaving home in darkness, she encounters a crying child and a murdered traveler. The apparent refuge offered by Kamio Shuzen becomes a place of terrifying revelations.

As heavy snow descends upon Kōfu, escaped prisoners venture out under the protection of Komai Noto no Kami. Omatsu tries to help Hyōma, Yonetomo faces violence on the road, and Tsukue Ryūnosuke’s encounter with Lady Ogin brings an unexpected pause to his attacks. An archery exhibition then draws a crowd into a contest of skill, reputation, and disguise.

This complete English translation preserves all fifteen sections of the fourteenth book of Nakazato Kaizan’s epic. Domestic conflict and hidden cruelty unfold beside snowy landscapes, visions, historical archery lore, and the shifting fortunes of travelers in late Tokugawa Japan.