The Great Bodhisattva Pass, Volume 2: Mount Suzuka

Snow falls on Edo while Tsukue Ryūnosuke and Ohama listen to a wandering flute player. For a moment the couple speak gently of their home country. Yet a challenge from Utsuki Hyōma, a child’s injury, and the strain of a bitter household soon draw their lives toward violence.

Elsewhere, Omatsu and the powerful, innocent Yohachi escape from a dangerous mansion, only to find that supposed refuge can conceal another betrayal. Shichibei follows a trail through the streets, while Ryūnosuke travels toward Kyoto. At the foot of Mount Suzuka, a woman who looks uncannily like Ohama disturbs his thoughts. Another young couple must confront family ruin and the cost of affection.

The second installment of Nakazato Kaizan’s immense historical novel combines intimate domestic scenes, dark comedy, pursuit, and lyrical mountain solitude. This complete new English translation preserves all seventeen sections, source poems, and the distance panel, with concise notes and consistent names across the series.