Project Gutenberg 2019-05-02 Public domain in the USA. 115 Watanna, Onoto 1875 1954 Babcock, Winnifred Eaton Reeve, Winnifred Eaton Eaton, Winnifred Reeve, Winifred Eaton The Wooing of Wistaria E-text prepared by Mary Glenn Krause, amsibert, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Wooing of Wistaria" by Onoto Watanna is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on Lady Wistaria, a young Japanese woman navigating the complexities of love, family duty, and societal expectations against the backdrop of a feudal Japan fraught with political intrigue and personal vendettas. Through her interactions, particularly with her lover, Keiki—whose identity as a member of the rival Mori clan complicates their romance—the narrative explores themes of loyalty, identity, and the impact of familial obligations. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Lady Wistaria as she reflects on her tumultuous childhood, marked by tragedy and loss, particularly the memory of witnessing her father's anger towards a nobleman he deemed responsible for her mother's death. This early trauma shapes not only her personality but also her subsequent experiences at the court. As she matures into a beautiful young woman, Lady Wistaria is prepared for court life under the watchful eye of her strict aunt. However, a chance encounter with Keiki ignites a forbidden romance that leads her into the throes of political drama and familial conflicts as her father demands her to betray her lover for personal vengeance against the Mori clan. The opening chapters set the stage for a story steeped in emotional turmoil and the looming threat of conflict between love and duty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Japan -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Romance Category: Novels 545843 2025-06-23T14:43:05.009301 text/html 545014 2019-05-01T22:27:17 text/html 1637039 2025-06-23T14:43:14.358282 application/epub+zip 1637252 2025-06-23T14:43:06.394261 application/epub+zip 292406 2025-06-23T14:43:05.709269 application/epub+zip 1764602 2025-06-23T14:43:20.286252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1721915 2025-06-23T14:43:13.698238 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 377106 2022-09-26T23:23:46.897300 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 477150 2025-06-23T14:43:03.216337 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 477087 2020-06-15T04:06:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19043 2025-06-23T14:43:20.453211 application/rdf+xml 16588 2025-06-23T14:43:05.828268 image/jpeg 2719 2025-06-23T14:43:05.767271 image/jpeg 174939 2020-06-15T04:06:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 1545139 2019-05-01T22:29:41 application/octet-stream application/zip 1579835 2025-06-23T14:43:05.109320 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia