Honorable Picnic

Written in 1924, this has been called the best novel ever written abo Penned in 1924, this has been called the best novel ever written about Japan, and its charm remains undiminished. The French author, a pilot during World War I, was sent to Japan as a flying instructor after the war, and this book is a fictionalised account with line drawings of the year he spent Prologue; Chapter 1 Young Girl; Chapter 2 Several Bourgeois; Chapter 3 Seducer; Chapter 4 Reception; Chapter 5 The Honorable-Hot-Bath; Chapter 6 The Hat of Taro-San; Chapter 7 Geisha-Girl; Chapter 8 O-Tsuki-Sama …;