Many people have commented on how "Japanese" the language in Tales of the Otori sounds, and this may be one of the reasons. It made me go back and look at my titles and texts and I realised how often I used this rhythm unconsciously. Last year an aquaintance, Professor Shimizu, observed to me, 'The classic Japanese rhythm is in five syllables and seven syllables.' Of course, this is the rhythm of the haiku go shichi go. Like Grass For His Pillow the title contains five syllables. The title comes from a Noh play by Zeami, The Fulling Block, which is the play Kaede watches with Lord Fujiwara in Grass For His Pillow. The Storyteller and his Three Daughtersīrilliance of the moon, touch of the wind.As yet the film has not been developed beyond the scripting stage. Since then the Tales of the Otori have been world wide best sellers appealing to millions of readers in over 36 countries.įilm rights were sold before the first book was published to Universal Studios for Kennedy/Marshall, and David Henry Hwang was assigned as script writer. It's almost twenty years since the publication of the first book Across the Nightingale Floor (2002). Wine, knife, sword.’ Wine for the marriage ceremony, knife to cut our throats, sword for revenge. Wine, Knife, Sword ~ A Tale from the Eight IslandsĪ FREE Otori story by Lian Hearn, available only on this website:
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