: Mai Mochizuki
: Holmes of Kyoto: Volume 12
: J-Novel Heart
: 9781718376700
: 1
: CHF 6.00
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: Krimis, Thriller, Spionage
: English
: 250
: DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
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It's September, and summer break is now over. The last part of Kiyotaka's training brings him to Komatsu's detective agency, where everyone is surprised to find that his partner will be his longtime nemesis, Ensho. Their first request is a strange one: a client wants to know who 'killed' him. Meanwhile in Gion, a geisha is being stalked and ghost sightings are on the rise. These curious mysteries have the troubling trio-Komatsu, Ensho, and Kiyotaka-running through the narrow streets of Kyoto on the case!

Chapter 2: A Symbol of Pride


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After a long summer break, it was back to university life for me. My part-time job returned to its usual schedule: after school and on weekends when I didn’t have anything else planned.

Kura’s display window currently featured a flower vase by Yasuyuki Namikawa. It was an autumn-themed piece of cloisonné ware decorated with fall foliage. Born in Kyoto, Yasuyuki Namikawa was a leading cloisonné artist of the Meiji period. His works exhibited amazing technique. The beautiful, delicate design on this vase—which was smaller than a five-hundred-milliliter bottle of water—seemed to depict a vast, endless world. The details were so elaborate that you had to come quite close in order to truly notice them. Because of that, I tried something new for the display.

As I inspected the window, a