In the penultimate chapter of this novel, the protagonist gives a prostitute a copy of Beccaria's Crime and Punishment, and observes the Superior prostrate in the Tower of the North Star.
In the penultimate chapter of this novel, the protagonist gives a prostitute a copy of Beccaria's Crime and Punishment, and observes the Superior prostrate in the Tower of the North Star. In the first chapter he slashes up the polished black scabbard of an officer and relates the story of Uiko, who was shot by the lover she betrayed, a deserter from the Navy. Tsurukawa commits suicide over an unknown woman, though it's covered up, and Kashiwagi, who is club-footed, gives an interpretation of "Nansen and the Kitten," a frequently-referenced Zen koan. The protagonist is motivated by another koan which begins, "When ye meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha," but is unable to complete his plan by dying in the Kukyocho. FTP, name this Japanese novel in which Mizoguchi burns down the title architectural treasure, a work by Yukio Mishima.
In the penultimate chapter of this novel, the protagonist gives a prostitute a copy of Beccaria's Crime and Punishment, and observes the Superior prostrate in the Tower of the North Star.
The {Temple of the Golden Pavillion} (or Kinkakuji)